Non-oxidative ethanol metabolites as a measure of alcohol intake

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 415, Issue , 2013, Pages 322-329

  Maenhout, Thomas M ^a   De Buyzere, Marc L ^a   Delanghe, Joris R ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Ethyl glucuronide; Ethyl sulfate; Fatty acid ethyl esters; Non oxidative ethanol metabolites; Phosphatidyl ethanol

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARBOHYDRATE DEFICIENT TRANSFERRIN; ETHYL GLUCURONIDE; FATTY ACID ESTER; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOL; PHOSPHOLIPASE D; PHOSPHOLIPID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL METABOLISM; ALCOHOL OXIDATION; ANALYTIC METHOD; CATALYSIS; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONJUGATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ETHANOL; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCURONATES; GLYCEROPHOSPHOLIPIDS; HAIR; HALF-LIFE; HUMANS; LIVER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SULFURIC ACID ESTERS; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 84870833537     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: 18733492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2012.11.014     Document Type: Review

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