The Biochemistry of Foreign Compounds International Series of Monographs in Pure and Applied Biology: Biochemistry

Content: Front Matter , Page iii Copyright , Page iv PREFACE , Pages vii-viii FOREWORD , Page ix CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION , Pages 3-10 CHAPTER 2 - ABSORPTION, EXCRETION AND TISSUE DISTRIBUTION , Pages 11-33 CHAPTER 3 - METABOLIC TRANSFORMATIONS CATALYSED BY HEPATIC MICROSOMAL ENZYMES , Pages 34-55 CHAPTER 4 - OTHER METABOLIC TRANSFORMATIONS , Pages 56-75 CHAPTER 5 - CONJUGATION MECHANISMS , Pages 76-98 CHAPTER 6 - FACTORS AFFECTING THE METABOLISM OF FOREIGN COMPOUNDS , Pages 99-116 CHAPTER 7 - COMPARATIVE METABOLISM , Pages 117-136 CHAPTER 8 - FOREIGN COMPOUNDS OF NATURAL ORIGIN , Pages 139-159 CHAPTER 9 - FOOD ADDITIVES , Pages 160-171 CHAPTER 10 - DRUGS , Pages 172-194 CHAPTER 11 - PESTICIDES , Pages 195-210 CHAPTER 12 - INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS , Pages 211-227 LIST OF REFERENCES , Pages 229-250 AUTHOR INDEX , Pages 251-259 SUBJECT INDEX , Pages 261-269 OTHER TITLES IN THE BIOCHEMISTRY DIVISION , Page ibc1 The Biochemistry of Foreign Compounds presents the various aspects of biochemistry of foreign compounds in relation to toxicology, pathology, and pharmacology. This book discusses the classification of foreign compounds according to usage, namely, food additives, drugs, pesticides, industrial chemicals, and natural foreign compounds. Organized into two sections encompassing 12 chapters, this book starts with the absorption and secretion of foreign compounds. This text then discusses the two phases of reaction in the metabolism of foreign compounds. Other chapters consider the rate at which eac ..