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Failure to find exon 7 polymorphism of the ADH7 gene in Chinese, Japanese, African-Americans, and Caucasians.
Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research - 1 May 1996
Carr L G, Zeng D, Li T K
Abstract excerpt
Class IV alcohol dehydrogenase (sigma-ADH) activity has been found in high levels in the stomach and esophagus, but not in liver. Gastric ADH activity has been reported to influence blood alcohol levels after oral ethanol ingestion, suggesting that sigma-ADH activity plays a role in first-pass metabolism. It has also been reported that women have lower sigma-ADH activity than men and that Asians have lower...
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