STW 07 Biotransformation

Biotransformation is a process in the metabolism of living organisms in which non-excretable substances are converted (transformed) into excretable substances by chemical processes.

During the physiological metabolism of the body, substances are repeatedly produced that cannot be excreted directly through the urine or stool. In most cases, these substances (bile pigments, steroid hormones) are lipophilic, i.e. hardly if at all soluble in water. In addition, the organism absorbs foreign substances from nature with food (xenobiotics), or substances synthesized by man (mainly medicines, drugs, preservatives, pesticides, etc.).

Accumulation (accumulation) of these substances in the body would be fatal. In order to transform these substances into an excretable form, many tissues, but especially the liver, are capable of biotransformation.

The chip is designed to support the transformation processes of harmful substances from the body.