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Sep 2026
Alcohol consumption: from biochemistry to behavior, health, and beyond
Alcohol metabolism is a multi-step biochemical process driven primarily by hepatic oxidation of ethanol to acetaldehyde and then to acetate. Although this pathway protects the body from prolonged ethanol exposure, transient acetaldehyde accumulation generates substantial toxicity, and chronic alcohol intake activates a...
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