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Alcohol consumption is an integral part of the Japanese business culture. Many East Asians have a mutant form of aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH), which is a key enzyme in the elimination of ...

An investigational compound may help metabolize acetaldehyde for people with impaired ability to detoxify, a study supported by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) has shown ...

Selective coupling of oxygenates is critical to many synthetic processes, including those necessary for the development of alternative fuels. We report a general process for selective coupling of ...

Histones are crosslinked with DNA (histone-DPC) following formaldehyde exposure, leading to the malfunction of cellular processes such as transcription. A team of researchers at Nagoya University in ...

Some people look at you as if you have a cancer death wish when they see a Diet Coke can in your hand. But their glass of wine is a far greater risk. Here's why. Superior Being: How can you drink that ...

A team of researchers at Nagoya University in Japan has discovered that aldehydes are metabolic byproducts associated with premature aging. Published in Nature Cell Biology, their findings reveal ...

Poisonings by the toxic alcohols (methanol, ethylene glycol, isopropanol, diethylene glycol, and propylene glycol) can cause cellular dysfunction and death, 1 but symptoms may be nonspecific. Delays ...

Alcohol consumption is one of several factors that can increase the risk of esophageal cancer. Esophageal cancer is cancer of the esophagus, which is the tube that connects the throat and stomach.

Oxidizing the end carbon atom of a terminal alkene to form an aldehyde, a process called anti-Markovnikov alkene oxidation, is difficult because the reaction is energetically unfavorable. The ...

This article is a continuation of the revision notes on CBSE Class 12 Chemistry, Chapter - Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids. Most of the important concepts are covered in the Part I. In this ...