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Health-Related Effects of Genetic Variations of Alcohol-Metabolizing Enzymes in African Americans

Alcohol metabolism involves two key enzymes—alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) and aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH). There are several types of ADH and ALDH, each of which may exist in several variants (i.e., isoforms) that differ in their ability to break down alcohol and its toxic metabolite acetaldehyde. T...

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Autores principales: Scott, Denise M., Taylor, Robert E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3860436/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17718396