THE EFFECT OF ETHANOL ON FATTY ACID METABOLISM; STIMULATION OF HEPATIC FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS IN VITRO*

Abstract

Fatty infiltration of the liver is a common find- ing in alcoholic patients, but the mechanisms responsible for the accumulation of hepatic fat are not clear (2). In the present investigation, an at- tempt was made to clarify this relationship by studying the effect of ethanol on fatty acid metabo- lism in rat liver in vitro (3).