The Biology of Alcoholism

Absorption, Diffusion, Distribution, and Elimination of Ethanol: Effects on Biological Membranes.- The Metabolism of Alcohol in Normals and Alcoholics: Enzymes.- Effect of Ethanol on Intracellular Respiration and Cerebral Function.- Effect of Ethanol on Neurohumoral Amine Metabolism.- The Role of Acetaldehyde in the Actions of Ethanol.- The Effect of Alcohol on Carbohydrate Metabolism: Carbohydrate Metabolism in Alcoholics.- Protein, Nucleotide, and Porphyrin Metabolism.- Effects of Ethanol on Lipid, Uric Acid, Intermediary, and Drug Metabolism, Including the Pathogenesis of the Alcoholic Fatty Liver.- Biochemistry of Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease in Alcoholism.- Alcohol and Vitamin Metabolism.- The Effect of Alcohol on Fluid and Electrolyte Metabolism.- Mineral Metabolism in Alcoholism.- Alcohol-Endocrine Interrelationships.- Acute and Chronic Toxicity of Alcohol.- Biochemical Mechanisms of Alcohol Addiction.- Methods for the Determination of Ethanol and Acetaldehyde.- The Chemistry of Alcoholic Beverages.