title: The effect of the binge drinking session on the activity of salivary, serum and urinary beta-hexosaminidase: preliminary data.
abstract: Our report is the first to show that an acute ingestion (6 h) of a relatively large, yet tolerable dose of alcohol (120-160 g), significantly increases activity of total serum beta-hexosaminidase (total beta-HEX), beta-HEX A and beta-HEX B isoenzymes, as well as salivary total beta-HEX and urinary beta-HEX A, in eight infrequent binge drinkers. An increase in the activity of serum and urinary total HEX is mainly due to its secretory isoenzyme beta-HEX A.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Medical University in Białystok, 16-070 Choroszcz, Poland. napoleonwas@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Napoleon
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Waszkiewicz
authors.forename: Slawomir Dariusz
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Szajda
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jankowska
authors.forename: Alina
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kepka
authors.forename: Jacek
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dobryniewski
authors.forename: Agata
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Szulc
authors.forename: Krzysztof
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zwierz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012463:Saliva / Q000737:chemistry*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D001619:beta-N-Acetylhexosaminidases / Q000032:analysis / Q000097:blood / Q000652:urine
chemical_list: D001619:beta-N-Acetylhexosaminidases