BPK 140 Lecture Notes - Alcohol Dehydrogenase, Binge Drinking, Aldehyde Dehydrogenase
16 Jan 2014
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Alcohol and tobacco: alcohol, types of alcohol. Alcohol is a drug and is the leading cause of death in the 15-24 age group. There are 3 common types of alcohol in our society and only one is safe" to drink: isopropyl alcohol. This nondrinking variety is used as rubbing alcohol and disinfecting: methyl alcohol. Is also called wood alcohol and is used in antifreeze: ethyl alcohol (ethanol) This is the only type you can drink. Ethanol is made by yeast (and bacteria) fermenting sugar and then distilling it. In terms of alcohol equivalence, the following each has about 0. 6 oz of alcohol: 1. 5 oz of hard liquor: alcohol absorption. Since alcohol does not have to be broken down, it is absorbed very rapidly. Twenty percent of alcohol is absorbed in the stomach and 75 % in the first part of the small intestine. Having food in the stomach will slow absorption and carbonation will speed absorption.
