Biotransformation
Definitions
Biotransformation – "Chemical conversion of a substance that is mediated by living organisms or enzyme preparations derived there from" -- Stephenson and others, 2006
Biotransformation - "Biotransformation is the process whereby a substance is changed from one chemical to another (transformed) by a chemical reaction within the body." – National Library of Medicine and Monosson, 2007
Biotransformation or microbial transformation – "The use of living organisms to modify substances that are not normally used for growth." – Prescott and others, 2002
Biotransformation – "The series of chemical reactions that occur in a compound, especially a drug, as a result of enzymatic or metabolic activities by a living organism" -- McGraw-Hill Companies, 2003
Biotransformation -- "Chemical alteration of a substance within the body, as by the action of enzymes." -- The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
Related Terms
Related Headlines
Related Research
- Search the Toxic Substances Hydrology Program Bibliography for "biotransformation"
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- Biogeochemistry of Carbon and Nitrogen in Aquatic Environments
- Chlorinated Solvents in Fractured Sedimentary Rock, Naval Air Warfare Center (NAWC) Research Site, West Trenton, NJ
- Comparative Study of Organic Degradation in Selected Hydrologic Environments
- Hydrogeochemical and Microbiological Investigations of Radionuclides, Nutrients, and Environmental Contaminants
- Interaction of Bacteria with Environmental Contaminants and Solid Surfaces in the Aquatic Environment
- Microbial Biogeochemistry of Aquatic Environments
- Microbial Degradation of Chloroethenes in Ground Water Systems
- Microbiology and Molecular Ecology of Biogeochemical Cycles in Aquatic Environments
- Multiphase Contaminant Transport, Reaction, and Biodegradation Project
- Organic Compounds in Near-Surface Environments: Understanding Fate in a Changing Biogeochemical Landscape
- Processes Affecting the Natural Attenuation of Fuel Oxygenates in Ground Water Fuel, Laurel Bay, South Carolina
- Processes Affecting the Natural Attenuation of Gasoline in Ground Water, Galloway Township, New Jersey
- Transport and Biogeochemical Fate of Organic Substances in Aquatic Environments
References
Stephenson, G.R., Ferris, I.G., Holland, P.T., and Nordberg, M., 2006, Glossary of terms relating to pesticides (IUPAC Recommendations 2006): Pure and Applied Chemistry, v. 78, no. 11, p. 2,075-2,154, doi:10.1351/pac200678112075. – Please use the following formatting tag for all of the references - <P CLASS="REFERENCE">
National Library of Medicine (content source), Emily Monosson (editor), 2007, Biotransformation, in Cleveland, C.J., ed., Encyclopedia of Earth: Washington, D.C., Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment (online only, accessed July 18, 2007).
Prescott, L.M., Klein, D.A., and Harley, J.P., 2002, Microbiology -- Online Learning Center (5th ed.): McGraw-Hill Higher Education, p.
The McGraw-Hill Companies, 2003, Biotransformation, in AccessScience--McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology Online: The McGraw-Hill Companies (Accessed July 18, 2007).
The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 2000: Houghton Mifflin Company, Fourth Edition.
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