Biotransformations: A Survey of the Biotransformations of Drugs and Chemicals in Animals

This volume aims to provide up-to-date information on the biotransformations of pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, food additives and environmental and industrial chemicals in animals. It contains almost 300 abstracts covering the literature published during 1990 and provides details of compound name, use/occurrence, key functional group, test system, structure and biotransformation pathway and references. The abstracts are arranged according to chemical classes and are assigned to key functional groups, a concept which has been developed to provide access to information on the biotransformations of compounds with similar structural features. A listing of key functional groups is provided at the beginning of the text, together with an overview chapter which contains highlights such as novel biotransformations, mechanisms for toxicity and notable species differences.