title: Diamine oxidase activity and related substrates in rat liver after chronic ethanol feeding.
abstract: Chronic ethanol feeding as 12% or 36% of total calories caused a dose-dependent diminution of diamine oxidase activity in rat liver. Hepatic cadaverine and histamine levels were unmodified by ethanol, whereas putrescine increased, partially in relation to the decrease in diamine oxidase activity. Such results may be of interest in view of an aggravation of ethanol-induced hepatic damage when exogenous diamines and polyamines reach the liver in potentially toxic amounts.
authors.affiliation: Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Università di Milano, Italy.
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authors.lastname: Sessa
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authors.lastname: Perin
mesh_terms: D000437:Alcoholism / Q000378:metabolism*; D006631:Amine Oxidase (Copper-Containing) / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D002103:Cadaverine / Q000378:metabolism; D006632:Histamine / Q000378:metabolism; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology*; D008297:Male; D011700:Putrescine / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley
chemical_list: D006632:Histamine; D006631:Amine Oxidase (Copper-Containing); D002103:Cadaverine; D011700:Putrescine