metabolizan

Metabolizan is the third-person plural present indicative form of the Spanish verb metabolizar, meaning to metabolize. In general use, it denotes that several subjects perform metabolic processing of substances.

In biology and related fields, metabolizar describes the biochemical transformations that organisms carry out on nutrients, xenobiotics, and endogenous compounds. Through metabolic pathways, enzymes modify substrates to form metabolites, generate energy, or render compounds more water-soluble for elimination. Metabolization is central to digestion, cellular respiration, drug metabolism, and environmental biotransformation, where organisms transform pollutants or external compounds.

Grammatically, metabolizan corresponds to ellos, ellas, or ustedes metabolizan. It is common in scientific writing and educational materials to attribute metabolic activity to organs, cells, enzymes, or experimental conditions. For example, “Las enzimas hepáticas metabolizan varios fármacos” illustrates how the term is used to describe enzymatic processing in the liver.

Etymology and usage notes: metabolizar derives from the broader scientific term metabolismo, itself rooted in Greek and Latin pathways that express change or transformation. In Spanish, the verb is used across biology, medicine, pharmacology, and environmental science, whenever the discussion centers on how substances are chemically altered and cleared from organisms. Related concepts include metabolism, biotransformation, and enzymatic reactions.