Ethanol oxidation in the living brain

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 529-532

  Zimatkin, Sergey M ^a   Buben, Alexander I ^a  

^a GRODNO STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Belarus)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETALDEHYDE; ALCOHOL; AMINOTRIAZOLE; CATALASE;

ALCOHOL OXIDATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN PERFUSION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEGRADATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; WISTAR RAT;

AMITROLE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CATALASE; ETHANOL; LATERAL VENTRICLES; MALE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

RATTUS;

EID: 35649022181     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: 14643502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agm059     Document Type: Article

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