When we drink alcohol, an enzyme in our bodies called alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) breaks it down into a compound called acetaldehyde. Another enzyme, aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH), then turns ...
Aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 (ALDH2) is an important enzyme involved in the metabolism of alcohol and the detoxification of harmful substances produced during alcohol consumption. Variants of the ...
The enzymes responsible for alcohol metabolism are alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) and aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH), which are encoded by various genes. These genes have different variants (alleles ...