Effects of ethanol on biotransformation of all-trans-retinol and all- trans-retinal to all-trans-retinoic acid in rat conceptal cytosol

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 942-947

  Chen, Hao ^a   Namkung, Moses J ^a   Juchau, Mont R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Fetal Alcohol Syndrome; Retinoic Acid; Retinol; Retinol Embryotoxicity

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; RETINAL; RETINOL;

ALCOHOL OXIDATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DRUG ALCOHOL INTERACTION; DRUG CONFORMATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG OXIDATION; DRUG TRANSFORMATION; EMBRYOTOXICITY; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; LIVER MICROSOME METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0029808233     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1996.tb05275.x     Document Type: Article

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