Alcohol metabolism

AI Cederbaum - Clinics in liver disease, 2012 - liver.theclinics.com
1. Learn how the body disposes of alcohol and its metabolites. 2. Discern some of the factors
that influence this process. 3. Learn how alcohol influences the metabolism of nutrients and
drugs. 4. Potentially learn how alcohol damages various organs. 5. Potentially identify
individuals who are at increased or decreased risk for alcohol toxicity. Some suggested
causes for alcohol toxicity are linked to changes produced by the metabolism of ethanol,
such as redox state changes in the nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+)/reduced NAD …