The Cytochrome System — made a little bit simpler (I hope)

  CYP is the name given to a whole bunch of enzymes that the body uses to dispose of potentially harmful substances by making them water soluble. By adding something, like a hydroxyl group, to a substance it becomes more water soluble. Conjugating it to glucuronide makes it even more soluble (you don’t need to memorize this!).

Most of the CYP is found in our liver (where most metabolism and toxin…