Talk:Xenobiotic

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Dear
Dear Editor,

I want to propose a new definition of "Xenobiotics" as the definitions available are not complete.

Xenobiotics are compound that are resistant to biodegradation. They may be synthetic eg. plastics and pesticides or naturally occurring eg. Poly Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) and some fractions of crude oil and coal. It is believed that there are undiscovered microorganisms that can bioremediate the different complex and resistant xenobiotics found on the earth.

Swaranjit Singh Cameotra ssc@imtech.res.in


 * Not all xenobiotics are resistant to degradation. Substances such as chlorodinitrobenzene decay very rapidly, as do epoxy compounds. These are reactive xenobiotics. TimVickers 22:09, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

Comment from IP
An IP commented "Interspecies organ transplantation section is just an advert for kidney donation and leaves the topic of this article behind a little too much, please revise!" Tim Vickers (talk) 16:59, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

Proposed merger
I propose that the orphan article xenohormone be deleted and redirected to xenobiotic. I have attempted to do this, but it was reverted using http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:STiki. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.7.63.177 (talk) 06:35, 17 May 2012 (UTC)
 * DISAGREE. Please do not simply attempt redirects.  It's bad enough just having those who know how to do it doing so.  Please at the very least, give your reasons for thinking that a merge would be beneficial (rather than allowing the more detailed page to develop on that specific aspect), and sign your comments, so other editors can effectively engage with you. LookingGlass (talk) 10:40, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

"Main Article" redirected
The Usual Suspects, in their unfathomable wisdom, have seen fit to redirect the article: Xenobiotic metabolism to the article: Drug metabolism, despite the fact that, as this article painstakingly explains, that is simply a special case of the xenobiotic metabolism rather than its parent category. Anyway, as reasoning with the Usual Suspects is a hopeless endeavour I have simply removed the "main article" tag (as it no longer is!) and have moved the reference to a new "See also" section, currently populated only with that page: Drug metabolism. LookingGlass (talk) 10:36, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

Xenobiote
Surely the correct noun is xenobiote? "Xenobiotic" is an adjective, isn't it? Alun (talk) 16:16, 13 May 2014 (UTC)