Bacteriocolonic pathway for ethanol oxidation: Characteristics and implications

Annals of Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 195-200

  Salaspuro, Mikko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Acetaldehyde; Alcohol; Alcohol dehydrogenase; Alcohol metabolism; Alcoholic fermentation; Alcoholic liver injury; Aldehyde dehydrogenase; Bacteria; Colon; Colon cancer; Colon polyps; Diarrhoea; Ethanol; Ethanol calories; Ethanol metabolism; Rectum cancer

Indexed keywords

ACETALDEHYDE; ACETIC ACID; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ALCOHOL METABOLISM; ALCOHOL OXIDATION; BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD LEVEL; CALORIE; CIRCULATION; COLON; COLON CANCER; COLON MUCOSA; COLON POLYP; DIARRHEA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; KUPFFER CELL; LARGE INTESTINE; LIVER METABOLISM; PATHOGENESIS; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0029898316     PISSN: 07853890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07853899609033120     Document Type: Short Survey

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