detoxification

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Fungi without these genes were much less successful at infecting bark beetles, showing that the detoxification process is critical for overcoming the beetles' chemical defenses.

From Science Daily • Jan. 1, 2026

That could have included residential rehabilitation, community-based treatment, detoxification, substitute prescriptions or any other treatment recommended by a health professional.

From BBC • Oct. 9, 2025

The broad strokes of natural detoxification are easy to grasp, but the particulars not so much.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 23, 2025

Nobody knows how people first cracked the problem, but ancient Amazonians devised a complex, multistep process of detoxification that transforms cassava from inedible to delicious.

From Salon • May 6, 2024

The detoxification is accomplished by one of the enzymes of the liver.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson