Deactivation
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Deactivation may refer to;
- Protein denaturation, the process of disrupting the structure of proteins or nucleic acids
- Drug metabolismDrug metabolismDrug metabolism is the biochemical modification of pharmaceutical substances by living organisms, usually through specialized enzymatic systems. This is a form of xenobiotic metabolism. Drug metabolism often converts lipophilic chemical compounds into more readily excreted polar products...
- Sterilization (microbiology)Sterilization (microbiology)Sterilization is a term referring to any process that eliminates or kills all forms of microbial life, including transmissible agents present on a surface, contained in a fluid, in medication, or in a compound such as biological culture media...
, the process of rendering microorganisms unable to replicate