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Xenobiotics

Known as: xenobiotic 
Chemical substances that are foreign to the biological system. They include naturally occurring compounds, drugs, environmental agents, carcinogens… 
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Review
2013
Review
2013
Xenobiotics Shape the Physiology and Gene Expression of the Active Human Gut Microbiome
Review
2005
Review
2005
Multidrug resistance proteins: role of P-glycoprotein, MRP1, MRP2, and BCRP (ABCG2) in tissue defense.
Review
2003
Review
2003
Therapeutic and toxic blood concentrations of more than 800 drugs and other xenobiotics.
In order to assess the significance of drug levels measured in clinical and forensic toxicology as well as for Therapeutic Drug… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Nuclear pregnane x receptor and constitutive androstane receptor regulate overlapping but distinct sets of genes involved in xenobiotic detoxification.
The nuclear pregnane X receptor (PXR) and constitutive androstane receptor (CAR) play central roles in protecting the body… 
Review
2002
Review
2002
Flavonoids-potent and versatile biologically active compounds interacting with cytochromes P450.
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
The nuclear receptor CAR mediates specific xenobiotic induction of drug metabolism
Organisms encounter a wide range of foreign compounds—or ‘xenobiotics’—with potentially harmful consequences. The cytochrome P450… 
Review
2000
Review
2000
The use of biomarkers to assess the impact of pollution in coastal environments of the Iberian Peninsula: a practical approach.
Review
1999
Review
1999
Use of magnetic techniques for the isolation of cells.
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
In vitro and in vivo generation of reactive oxygen species, DNA damage and lactate dehydrogenase leakage by selected pesticides.
Review
1994
Review
1994
Higher plant metabolism of xenobiotics: the 'green liver' concept.
Xenobiotic metabolism in plants resembles that in animal liver on the levels of metabolite patterns, enzyme classes and cDNA… 
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