40% but not 20% ethanol is an irritant able to evoke gastric release of PGE2 in man.
Franco
L
L
Istituto di Farmacologia and Clinica Medica, University of Verona, Italy.
Cavallini
G
G
Brocco
G
G
Orlandi
P G
PG
Manara
P
P
Velo
G P
GP
D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000378:metabolism; D015232:Dinoprostone / Q000378:metabolism*; D000431:Ethanol / Q000633:toxicity*; D005260:Female; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007509:Irritants; D008297:Male
D007509:Irritants; D000431:Ethanol; D015232:Dinoprostone