Sentences with phrase «enzyme aldehyde dehydrogenase»

Adding insult to injury: In women, the enzyme aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH)-- which breaks down alcohol in the stomach — can work less efficiently than in men, says Scott Walters, PhD, associate professor at the University of Texas School of Public Health.

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They found that cyclophosphamide kills all of the donor's transplanted bone marrow cells except for stem cells containing high levels of an enzyme called aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH).

Steve: This is really interesting material, I think, because perhaps many of the listeners are familiar with older research, for example, that found that the aldehyde dehydrogenase enzyme is not available for certain people, and that for them, drinking in excess is really uncomfortable, so they tend not to, but that's more of a direct genetic biochemical kind of a system related to the alcohol molecule ultimately as it gets metabolized.

That study found that benomyl inhibited an enzyme called aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH), which converts aldehydes highly toxic to dopamine cells into less toxic agents, and therefore contributed to the development of Parkinson's.

activates alcohol dehydrogenase, the enzyme needed for transformation of hydroxylated toxins from their alcohol form to an intermediate (often more toxic) aldehyde form