Hemoglobin-Acetaldehyde Adducts in Human Volunteers Following Acute Ethanol Ingestion

Autor: Onni Niemelä, Yedy Israel, C. J. Peter Eriksson, Tatsushige Fukunaga, Yasuhiko Mizoi
Rok vydání: 1990
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Zdroj: Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research. 14:838-841
ISSN: 1530-0277
0145-6008
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1990.tb01824.x
Popis: Rabbit antibodies against albumin-acetaldehyde adduct were used in an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay to detect acetaldehyde-hemoglobin condensates from the blood of 12 volunteers following ingestion of 1.3 to 2.9 g of ethanol per kg body weight during 8 hr. Blood samples were drawn before drinking and between 2 to 46 hr after starting the drinking session. While there were no significant increases in blood acetaldehyde levels in these samples, acetaldehyde-hemoglobin adducts were significantly increased in the samples drawn after ethanol had been eliminated from the body. Administration of ethanol (0.1 g/kg) to an Oriental flusher resulted in an increase both in blood acetaldehyde and the hemoglobin-acetaldehyde adduct levels. These results suggest that acetaldehyde-hemoglobin condensates are formed in vivo following acute ethanol ingestion. Such condensates may be of value to mark alcohol consumption.
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