Alcohol is a highly toxic substance and has teratogenic properties that can lead to a wide
range of developmental disorders. Excessive use of alcohol can change the structural and …

Alcohol and the liver : Current Opinion in Gastroenterology Alcohol and the liver : Current
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Background: Alcoholic cirrhosis constitutes a major public health problem in the world where
ADH1B, ALDH2, and CYP2E1 polymorphisms could be playing an important role. We …

3, 4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA; ecstasy) is an amphetamine derivative drug
with entactogenic, empathogenic and hallucinogenic properties, commonly consumed at …

Alcohol misuse among college students is well-documented, and cross-sectional research
has identified attempts to cope with unpleasant emotions, enhance pleasant emotions …

AIM: To evaluate the impact of alcohol dehydrogenase-2 (ADH2) and aldehyde
dehydrogenase-2 (ALDH2) polymorphisms on esophageal cancer susceptibility in …

Prenatal ethanol exposure may cause both, altered fetal neurodevelopment and impaired
placental function. These disturbances can lead to growth retardation, which is one of the …

Objectives In Western population, smoking is a dose-dependent risk factor for pancreatitis,
whereas a threshold of 5 drinks per day may exist for alcohol to increase pancreatitis risk …

The most well-known metabolic pathways from ethanol to acetaldehyde include alcohol
dehydrogenase (ADH) and the microsomal ethanol oxidizing system that involves …

Genetic polymorphisms influence the metabolism of ethanol and methanol, but the potential
effects of genetic predisposition on the clinical course, outcome and short‐term health …