A specific hydroxysteroid UGT is responsible for the conjugation of aliphatic alcohols in rats: An estimation of the importance of glucuronidation versus oxidation

Alcohol

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 185-192

  Iwersen, Stefanie ^a   Schmoldt, Achim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aliphatic alcohols; Chromatofocusing; Metabolism; Rat liver; UDP Glucuronosyltransferase

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ALCOHOL OXIDATION; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLUCURONIDATION; LIVER MICROSOME METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ALCOHOLS; ANIMALS; BETA-NAPHTHOFLAVONE; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ETHANOL; GLUCURONATES; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYDROXYSTEROIDS; MALE; MICROSOMES, LIVER; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHENOBARBITAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0032053474     PISSN: 07418329     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0741-8329(97)00109-2     Document Type: Article

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