Effects of Orotic Acid on Alcohol Consumption and In-Vitro Alcohol Metabolism in Rats

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ID19310062
AuthorsRosa Alvarado-Andrade (From the lnstituto de lnvestigaciones sobre Alcoholismo e lnstituto de Farmacología, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.), Eliana Muñoz (From the lnstituto de lnvestigaciones sobre Alcoholismo e lnstituto de Farmacología, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.), Eliana F Munoz (Universidad de Los Andes, Chile), Wanda Solodkowska (From the lnstituto de lnvestigaciones sobre Alcoholismo e lnstituto de Farmacología, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.), Jorge Mardones (From the lnstituto de lnvestigaciones sobre Alcoholismo e lnstituto de Farmacología, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.), Isabel Alcaíno (From the lnstituto de lnvestigaciones sobre Alcoholismo e lnstituto de Farmacología, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.)
Year1972
Volume33
Issue1
Pages14-21
Publication date1972-03-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueQuarterly Journal of Studies on Alcohol (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-5649 • E-ISSN: 1946-7214
PublisherAlcohol Research Documentation, Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.15288/qjsa.1972.33.014
PMID5059552
OpenAlexW2278272621
LanguageEN

Orotic acid increased alcohol intake in rats that normally drank little alcohol and decreased consumption in those that drank more. Ethanol metabolism was unchanged in liver slices but in adipose tissue slices there was higher incorporation into fatty acids and into unsaponifiable fraction

Alcohol · Alcohol consumption · Alcohol tolerance · Ethanol · In vitro · Metabolism · Orotic acid · Biochemistry · Chemistry · Flavonoids in Medical Research

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