What Organ Helps Drug Metabolism? Uncovering the Body's Primary Processing Center
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An estimated 70–80% of all commercially available drugs are metabolized by enzymes from the Cytochrome P450 superfamily, which are most abundant in the liver [1.3.2]. So, what organ helps drug metabolism? The answer is primarily the liver, the body's master detoxification center [1.2.2, 1.2.3].
