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Fermentation vs Biotransformation - What's the difference?

fermentation | biotransformation |

In biochemistry|lang=en terms the difference between fermentation and biotransformation

is that fermentation is (biochemistry) any of many anaerobic biochemical reactions in which an enzyme (or several enzymes produced by a microorganism) catalyses the conversion of one substance into another; especially the conversion (using yeast) of sugars to alcohol or acetic acid with the evolution of carbon dioxide while biotransformation is (biochemistry) the changes (both chemical and physical) that occur to a substance (especially a drug) by the actions of enzymes within an organism.

As nouns the difference between fermentation and biotransformation

is that fermentation is (biochemistry) any of many anaerobic biochemical reactions in which an enzyme (or several enzymes produced by a microorganism) catalyses the conversion of one substance into another; especially the conversion (using yeast) of sugars to alcohol or acetic acid with the evolution of carbon dioxide while biotransformation is (biochemistry) the changes (both chemical and physical) that occur to a substance (especially a drug) by the actions of enzymes within an organism.

fermentation

English

Noun

(wikipedia fermentation) (en noun)
  • (biochemistry) Any of many anaerobic biochemical reactions in which an enzyme (or several enzymes produced by a microorganism) catalyses the conversion of one substance into another; especially the conversion (using yeast) of sugars to alcohol or acetic acid with the evolution of carbon dioxide
  • A state of agitation or excitement; a ferment.
  • * Jeremy Taylor
  • It puts the soul to fermentation and activity.
  • * Charles Kingsley
  • a universal fermentation of human thought and faith

    Derived terms

    * alcoholic fermentation * malolactic fermentation * secondary fermentation ----

    biotransformation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (biochemistry) The changes (both chemical and physical) that occur to a substance (especially a drug) by the actions of enzymes within an organism