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Both hydrophobic alkyl chain and hydrophilic EO head group groups of AEs were found to be target sites of metabolism. Metabolites were identified that show primary hydroxylation and dehydrogenation, followed by O-dealkylation (shortening of EO head groups) and glucuronidation. Additionally, the detection of whole EO groups indicates the cleavage of the ether bond between the alkyl chain and the EO groups as a minor metabolic pathway in the current testing system. Furthermore, no difference in metabolic patterns of each individual homologue AE investigated was observed, regardless of alkyl chain length or the number of EO groups. Moreover, there is an excellent agreement between the in vitro experimental data and the metabolite profile simulations using in silico approaches (OECD QSAR Toolbox). Altogether, these data indicate fast metabolism of all AEs with a qualitatively similar metabolic pathway with some quantitative differences observed in the metabolite profiles. 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