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discuss alcohol dehydrogenase pathway (ADH)
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activated in low-moderate intakes and is metabolized through a series of reactions that requires two enzymes (alcohol dehydrogenase and aldehyde dehydrogenase) to take ethanol to acetaldehyde and turn that into acteyl-CoA- in liver for the most part
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discuss microsomal ethanol oxidizing system (MEOS)
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same as ADH pathway, but requires energy- becomes increasingly active and efficient over time so build up a tolerance and have to drink more to get same effect- this system also metabolizes all other drugs and other foreign substances
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