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| Nature 214, 190 - 191 (08 April 1967); doi:10.1038/214190b0 |
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Metronidazole and Human Alcohol Dehydrogenase
J. A. EDWARDS & J. PRICE*
Nuffield Unit of Medical Genetics, Department of Medicine, University of Liverpool.
*Bates Research Fellow, Mental Health Research Fund.
RECENTLY, metronidazole ('Flagyl') has been used in the treatment of alcoholism1 and it has been suggested that it might inhibit alcohol dehydrogenase2. We wish to present evidence to shed light on this suggestion.
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| 2. | Metronidazole in Alcoholism. Preliminary Information for Clinical Investigators (second edition) (May and Baker Ltd., 1966). |
| 3. | von Wartburg, J. P., Papenberg, J., and Aebi, H., Canad. J. Biochem., 43, 889 (1965). | ChemPort | |
| 4. | Kane, P. O., McFadzean, J. A., Squires, S., King, A. J., and Nicol, C. S., Brit. J. Vener. Dis., 37, 273 (1961). | ISI | ChemPort | |
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