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Comparative Studies on the Rate of Ethanol Elimination in Acute Poisoning and in Controlled Conditions
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Ethanol MetabolismRedox BiologyOxidative Stress-Nadh SystemToxicologyDrug OverdoseZero-order KineticsHuman MetabolismAlcohol DehydrogenasesClinical ToxicologyDrug ToxicityHealth SciencesAldehyde DehydrogenaseBiochemistryPoisoningAlcohol AbuseEthanol EliminationAlcohol-related Liver DiseasePharmacologyEmergency MedicineMetabolic PathwaysAddictionPhysiologyForensic ToxicologyAcute PoisoningMetabolismMedicineComparative StudiesCarbonyl Metabolism
Abstract For many years, a view has been established in toxicology that the elimination of ethanol in the blood is by zero-order kinetics, that is, at a constant rate [1ߝ5]. A factor which restricts ethanol metabolism is the reoxidation of a reduced form of nicotinamide dinucleotide (NADH) produced during ethanol oxidation to acetaldehyde by an alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH)-NADH system [6,7].
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