KROK 1 2018 – Question 106 · KROK (Medicine) · Biological Chemistry
Neutralization of xenobiotics and active endogenous metabolites often occurs via introduction of an oxygen atom into the substrate molecule. What process occurs as the result?
- A. Phosphorylation
- B. Deaminization
- C. Decarboxylation
- D. Transamination
- E. Hydroxylation
Hint
Consider what kind of chemical change the first phase of xenobiotic biotransformation makes to a molecule when oxygen is inserted into it.
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