Sentences with phrase «toxic than alcohol»

On top of all this, once alcohol reaches the liver to be «dealt with» it gets broken down into a compound called acetaldehyde which is actually more toxic than alcohol itself.

ACETALDEHYDE TOXICITY: It is important to realize that acetaldehyde is estimated to be from 20 to 30 times more toxic than alcohol.

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If ingested, the so called toxic alcohols (other than ethanol) such as methanol, propanol, and ethylene glycol metabolize into toxic aldehydes and acids, which cause potentially fatal metabolic acidosis.