PSYC 4008 Chapter : Sedatives
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Ethyl alcohol doesn"t bind specifically to a protein, it affects cell membranes. Don"t need to memorize the fermentation sequence . Fermentation is the process by which glucose ferments into alcohol. Distillation is a process by which you make the alcohol content higher. Have to malt the grain to make beer malting is letting the grain seeds germinate, which creates more sugar in the grains. After discovering distilled spirits, alchemists thought they had discovered the water of life . So if you have 50% alcohol mixture by weight, there is a higher concentration than 50% alcohol by volume. proof take the alcoholic content by volume and double it (40% by volume = 80 proof). In a given serving of alcohol, no matter what type of alcohol it is, you are getting the same dose of alcohol per serving (14 g). Your body handles alcohol like a big bucket of water. The alcohol gets completely dissolved in the water.
