Influence of lactation on rate of disappearance of ethanol in the rat.
The rate of blood ethanol disappearance was significantly increased in lactating rats compared to virgin controls and parturient rats that had their offspring removed in birth. Liver but not kidney size was also increased in lactating rats.
D000818:Animals; D000431:Ethanol / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D007668:Kidney / Q000502:physiology; D007700:Kinetics; D007774:Lactation; D008099:Liver / Q000502:physiology; D009929:Organ Size; D011247:Pregnancy; D051381:Rats
D000431:Ethanol