Article
Acetaldehyde metabolism in different aldehyde dehydrogenase-2 genotypes.
Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research - 1 Feb 1991
Enomoto N, Takase S, Yasuhara M, Takada A
Abstract excerpt
In order to clarify the relationships between acetaldehyde (Ac-CHO) metabolism and low Km (mitochondrial) aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH2) genotypes, hepatic ALDH2 activity was determined and serial changes of blood Ac-CHO levels after ethanol administration were analyzed in the individuals homozygous for the normal ALDH2 genes, heterozygous for the normal and mutant ALDH2 genes, and homozygous for the mutant ALDH2...
Topics
- Acetaldehyde
- Alcoholism
- Aldehyde Oxidoreductases
- Ethanol
- Genetic Carrier Screening
- Genotype
- Homozygote
- Humans
- Isoenzymes
- Liver
- Mutation
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
