Biochemical and Physiological Research on the Disposition and Fate of Ethanol in the Body

This chapter provides biochemical and physiological research on the disposition and fate of ethanol in the body. Few if any drugs have been studied as extensively and over so many years as ethanol or ethyl alcohol, the principal psychoactive substance in all alcoholic beverages. Much has already been written and published about the absorption, distribution and metabolism of man's favorite drug, both from the viewpoint of forensic science and legal medicine as well as substance abuse and biomedical alcohol research. The present chapter combines and updates two separate chapters that were published in the fourth edition. One chapter dealt with biochemistry and physiology of ethanol metabolism and the other covered the basic principles and concepts underlying studies on the disposition and fate of ethanol in the body.

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  Lawyers & Judges Publishing Company, Incorporated

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• Authors:
  • Jones, A W
• Publication Date: 2008

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Edition: Fifth
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 47-155
• Monograph Title: Garriott's Medicolegal Aspects of Alcohol

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alcohol use; Biochemical oxygen demand; Blood alcohol levels; Ethanol; Human factors; Physiology; Safety; Transportation safety
• Subject Areas: Safety and Human Factors; Transportation (General); I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01164938
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9781933264585
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 16 2010 9:11AM