alcohol metabolism

Known as: alcohol metabolic process, metabolism alcohol 
The chemical reactions and pathways involving alcohols, any of a class of compounds containing one or more hydroxyl groups attached to a saturated… (More)
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drug metabolism

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ethanol biosynthetic processethanol catabolic process

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Highly Cited
2013
Highly Cited
2013
Characterization of gut microbiomes in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) patients: a connection between endogenous alcohol and NASH.
UNLABELLED Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is a serious liver disease associated with obesity. Characterized by metabolic… (More)
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2012
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2012
Alcohol metabolism.
This article describes the pathways and factors that modulate blood alcohol levels and metabolism and describes how the body… (More)
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2007
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2007
Alcohol Metabolism and Cancer Risk
Chronic alcohol consumption increases the risk for cancer of the organs and tissues of the respiratory tract and the upper… (More)
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2007
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2007
The Genetics of Alcohol Metabolism: Role of Alcohol Dehydrogenase and Aldehyde Dehydrogenase Variants
The primary enzymes involved in alcohol metabolism are alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) and aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH). Both… (More)
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2007
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2007
Determinants of alcohol use and abuse: Impact of quantity and frequency patterns on liver disease.
UNLABELLED More than 70% of alcohol is consumed by 10% of the population in the United States. Implicit in this statistic is that… (More)
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Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Genetic variation in alcohol dehydrogenase and the beneficial effect of moderate alcohol consumption on myocardial infarction.
BACKGROUND A polymorphism in the gene for alcohol dehydrogenase type 3 (ADH3) alters the rate of alcohol metabolism. We… (More)
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2000
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2000
The alcohol hangover.
R-E-M-O-R-S-E! Those dry Martinis did the work for me: Last night at twelve I felt immense, Today I feel like thirty cents. My… (More)
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Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Interaction between the functional polymorphisms of the alcohol-metabolism genes in protection against alcoholism.
The genes that encode the major enzymes of alcohol metabolism, alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) and aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH… (More)
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Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Alcohol-related cancers and aldehyde dehydrogenase-2 in Japanese alcoholics.
Aldehyde dehydrogenase-2 (ALDH2) eliminates most of the acetaldehyde produced during alcohol metabolism. In some drinkers, a… (More)
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Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Involvement of genetic polymorphism of alcohol and aldehyde dehydrogenases in individual variation of alcohol metabolism.
The involvement of genetic polymorphism at the alcohol dehydrogenase 2 (ADH2) and aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 (ALDH2) loci in… (More)
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