Figure 1.
The major pathways of acetaldehyde formation after alcohol ingestion, alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH), cytochrome P450 2E1 (CYP2E1), catalase, and aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH) are demonstrated with their cofactors, and substrates.
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