click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Ethanol Metab. (alc)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What does it mean when ethanol is ampipathic? | it's soluble in both water and solvents (hydrophilic and hydrophobic) |
| What does alcohol/ethanol do to our system? | depresses neurons and decreases protein function (binding to a protein changes the structure, which depresses the nervous system) |
| Where is ethanol oxidized and what does it turn into? | in liver to acetaldehyde (toxic) and then oxidized further to acetic acid and uses NAD+ |
| How is methanol metabolized? | into formeldehyde (toxic) and then to formate |
| What does formate do to complex 4 of ETC? | Inhibits it (causing a hangover) |
| What technically causes a hangover? | increased alcohol consumption alters the normal NAD+/NADH ratio, increasing the NADH |