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The genetics of alcohol metabolism: role of alcohol dehydrogenase and aldehyde dehydrogenase variants
The primary enzymes involved in alcohol metabolism are alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) and aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH). Both enzymes occur in several...
1/1/07 by Howard J. Edenberg · More from publicationHealth-related effects of genetic variations of alcohol-metabolizing enzymes in African Americans
Alcohol metabolism involves two key enzymes--alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) and aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH). There are several types of ADH and ALDH,...
1/1/07 by Denise M. Scott Robert E. Taylor · More from publicationVariations in ADH and ALDH in Southwest California Indians
Native Americans as a group have the highest rates of alcohol-related deaths of all ethnicities in the United States; however, it remains unclear how...
1/1/07 by Cindy L. Ehlers · More from publicationVariations in alcohol-metabolizing enzymes in people of East Indian and African descent from Trinidad and Tobago
The population of Trinidad and Tobago is composed mainly of people of East Indian (Indo-Trinidadians) and African (Afro-Trinidadians) ancestry....
1/1/07 by Shelley Moore L.K. Montane-Jaime Lucinda G. Carr Cindy L. Ehlers · More from publicationALDH2, ADH1B, and ADH1C genotypes in Asians: a literature review
Variants of three genes encoding alcohol-metabolizing enzymes, the aldehyde dehydrogenase gene ALDH2 and the alcohol dehydrogenase genes ADH1B and...
1/1/07 by Mimy Y. Eng Susan E. Luczak Tamara L. Wall · More from publicationAlcohol metabolism and cancer risk
Chronic alcohol consumption increases the risk for cancer of the organs and tissues of the respiratory tract and the upper digestive tract (i.e.,...
1/1/07 by Helmut K. Seitz Peter Becker · More from publication
