title: Enzymatic determination of serum ethanol with membrane-bound dehydrogenase.
abstract: In this enzymatic method for detecting ethanol in blood by use of membrane-bound microbial alcohol dehydrogenase (no EC no. assigned), the enzyme catalyzes the reaction irreversibly and the rate of oxidation can be monitored by spectrophotometry of the reduction of the indicator dye. No pyridine nucleotides such as NAD+ or NADP+ are used. The calibration curve is linear in the range of 0.1 to 4.0 g of ethanol per liter. Assays of 45 samples of serum having ethanol values ranging from 0.4 to 3.2 g/L by the described technique and a gas-chromatographic method gave respective means of 1.734 and 1.732 g/L (r = 0.954).
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takei
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakashima
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Adachi
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Shinagawa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ameyama
mesh_terms: D000426:Alcohol Dehydrogenase; D000429:Alcohol Oxidoreductases; D001665:Binding Sites; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000201:enzymology*; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D000431:Ethanol / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D000431:Ethanol; D000429:Alcohol Oxidoreductases; D000426:Alcohol Dehydrogenase