Alcohol detoxification accelerated by oxygenated drinking water. |
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Authors: | Juhani Hyvärinen Maija Laakso Helmut Sippel Risto Roine Timo Huopaniemi Lea Leinonen Valio Hytönen |
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Affiliation: | 1. Institute of Physiology University of Helsinki 00170 Helsinki 17, Finland;2. Research Laboratories of the State Alcohol Monopoly, Finland |
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Abstract: | The liver eliminates ethanol through several oxygen dependent processes. Since the liver receives most of its blood flow through the portal vein, it should be possible to increase its oxygen tension by augmenting the oxygen saturation of the portal vein. We therefore studied elimination of ethanol administered intravenously to three monkeys who received strongly oxygenated drinks at 20 to 30 minute intervals during the whole experiment. From these drinks dissolved oxygen was presumably released in the stomach and upper intestine and arrived to the liver along the portal vein. As a consequence of this treatment the elimination rate of ethanol increased 60 % on the average. The increase was significant on the level of p < 0.02. The production of acetaldehyde also increased but less significantly. Measurements of oxygen tensions in the portal blood of two anaesthetized dogs indicated 7 and 8 % increases lasting for 10 and 15 minutes after infusion of oxygenated water into the stomach. |
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