title: Nutrition and the biochemical pathology of the alcohol-induced liver injury.
abstract: The possible role of nutritional disturbances in the biochemical pathology of the alcohol-induced liver injury is briefly discussed. Nutritional factors could influence a number of hepatotoxic effects of ethanol and it is therefore suggested that, although ethanol itself is capable of causing almost all its hepatotoxic effects, the possible contribution of any associated nutritional disturbances to liver injury in chronic alcoholism deserves careful consideration.
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Badawy
mesh_terms: D000426:Alcohol Dehydrogenase; D000429:Alcohol Oxidoreductases / Q000378:metabolism; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications* / Q000201:enzymology; D000818:Animals; D002374:Catalase / Q000378:metabolism; D003677:Deficiency Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D000431:Ethanol / Q000378:metabolism; D005235:Fatty Liver, Alcoholic / Q000201:enzymology; D006519:Hepatitis, Alcoholic / Q000201:enzymology; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology; D008104:Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic / Q000201:enzymology; D008108:Liver Diseases, Alcoholic / Q000201:enzymology*; D008862:Microsomes, Liver / Q000201:enzymology; D009243:NAD / Q000378:metabolism; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D011164:Porphyrias / Q000201:enzymology
chemical_list: D009243:NAD; D000431:Ethanol; D000429:Alcohol Oxidoreductases; D000426:Alcohol Dehydrogenase; C019642:alcohol dehydrogenase (NADP+); D002374:Catalase