xenobiotic chemicals

What Are Xenobiotic Compounds? Xenobiotic is a term used to describe chemical substances that are foreign to animal life and thus includes such examples as plant constituents, drugs, pesticides, cosmetics, flavorings, fragrances, food additives, industrial chemicals and environmental pollutants. What do you mean by xenobiotic compounds? A xenobiotic (Greek, xenos “foreign”; bios “life”) is a