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. 1982 Sep;23(9):729–733. doi: 10.1136/gut.23.9.729

Impaired acetaldehyde oxidation in alcoholics *

K R Palmer, W J Jenkins
PMCID: PMC1419765  PMID: 7106618

Abstract

High blood acetaldehyde levels in alcoholics after ethanol ingestion are due to reduced acetaldehyde oxidation rather than to an increased rate of its formation from ethanol. This is associated with low hepatic acetaldehyde dehydrogenase activity in alcoholic subjects and may represent a specific abnormality in them.

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