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  Xenobiotica covers six main areas, including

• General Xenobiochemistry, including in vitro studies concerned with the metabolism, disposition and excretion of drugs, and other xenobiotics, as well as the structure, function and regulation of associated enzymes

• Clinical Pharmacokinetics and Metabolism, covering the pharmacokinetics and absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion of drugs and other xenobiotics in man

• Animal Pharmacokinetics and Metabolism, covering the pharmacokinetics, and absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion of drugs and other xenobiotics in animals

• Pharmacogenetics, defined as the identification and functional characterisation of polymorphic genes that encode xenobiotic metabolising enzymes and transporters that may result in altered enzymatic, cellular and clinical responses to xenobiotics

• Molecular Toxicology, concerning the mechanisms of toxicity and the study of toxicology of xenobiotics at the molecular level

• Topics in Xenobiochemistry, in the form of reviews and commentaries of a diverse nature, but are primarily intended to be a critical analysis of the issue, wherein the author not only reviews the relevant area, but also offers opinions on the relevance of data or of a particular experimental approach or methodology. These Topics would also cover issues/methodology/biology we should be considering for the future. The Topics can vary in length from 10-20 pages in the form of a commentary or larger contributions (approximately 25-30 pages) in the form of a standard review of a topic.

A close liaison between Xenobiotica and the International Society for the Study of Xenobiotics has been established, giving rise to special issues of the journal.

Special Issues
The journal publishes Special Issues on a consolidated topic related to the scope of the journal.