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Aldehyde dehydrogenase

The enzyme is responsible for the breakdown of alcohol in the human body; see under ADH.

Abbreviation for alcohol dehydrogenases. These are enzymes found in the human liver (and also in the digestive tract) which, in the presence of the co-enzyme NAD (nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, which acts as a hydrogen carrier), breaks down alcohol and oxidises it to acetaldehyde. This is then detoxified to biologically activated...

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