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Xenobiotics

Foreign chemicals such as drugs, carcinogens, pesticides, food additives, pollutants, or other noxious compounds.

Compounds not normally produced by the body. Handled by Phase I (cytochrome P450 oxidation) and Phase II (conjugation) detoxification systems in liver and intestine.

How one textbook covers it

Advanced Nutrition and Human Metabolism, 8th ed. (Gropper) — Glossary
Compounds not normally produced by the body. Handled by Phase I (cytochrome P450 oxidation) and Phase II (conjugation) detoxification systems in liver and intestine.

Related terms

Cytochromes