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The Biology of Alcoholism

Volume 1: Biochemistry

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  • © 1971

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Editors:
  1. Benjamin Kissin

    1. Division of Alcoholism and Drug Dependence Department of Psychiatry, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, USA

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  2. Henri Begleiter

    1. Division of Alcoholism and Drug Dependence Department of Psychiatry, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, USA

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxviii
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  2. Absorption, Diffusion, Distribution, and Elimination of Ethanol: Effects on Biological Membranes

    • Harold Kalant
    Pages 1-62

  3. The Metabolism of Alcohol in Normals and Alcoholics: Enzymes

    • J. P. von Wartburg
    Pages 63-102

  4. Effect of Ethanol on Intracellular Respiration and Cerebral Function

    • Henrik Wallgren
    Pages 103-125

  5. Effect of Ethanol on Neurohumoral Amine Metabolism

    • Aaron Feldstein
    Pages 127-159

  6. The Role of Acetaldehyde in the Actions of Ethanol

    • Edward B. Truitt Jr., Michael J. Walsh
    Pages 161-195

  7. The Effect of Alcohol on Carbohydrate Metabolism: Carbohydrate Metabolism in Alcoholics

    • Ronald A. Arky
    Pages 197-227

  8. Protein, Nucleotide, and Porphyrin Metabolism

    • James M. Orten, Vishwanath M. Sardesai
    Pages 229-261

  9. Effects of Ethanol on Lipid, Uric Acid, Intermediary, and Drug Metabolism, Including the Pathogenesis of the Alcoholic Fatty Liver

    • Charles S. Lieber, Emanuel Rubin, Leonore M. DeCarli
    Pages 263-305

  10. Biochemistry of Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease in Alcoholism

    • Carroll M. Leevy, Abdul Kerim Tanribilir, Francis Smith
    Pages 307-325

  11. Alcohol and Vitamin Metabolism

    • Joseph J. Vitale, Joanne Coffey
    Pages 327-352

  12. The Effect of Alcohol on Fluid and Electrolyte Metabolism

    • James D. Beard, David H. Knott
    Pages 353-376

  13. Mineral Metabolism in Alcoholism

    • Edmund B. Flink
    Pages 377-395

  14. Alcohol-Endocrine Interrelationships

    • Peter E. Stokes
    Pages 397-436

  15. Acute and Chronic Toxicity of Alcohol

    • Samuel W. French
    Pages 437-511

  16. Biochemical Mechanisms of Alcohol Addiction

    • Jack H. Mendelson
    Pages 513-544

  17. Methods for the Determination of Ethanol and Acetaldehyde

    • Irving Sunshine, Nicholas Hodnett
    Pages 545-573

  18. The Chemistry of Alcoholic Beverages

    • Chauncey D. Leake, Milton Silverman
    Pages 575-612

  19. Back Matter

    Pages 613-630
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Division of Alcoholism and Drug Dependence Department of Psychiatry, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, USA

    Benjamin Kissin, Henri Begleiter

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Biology of Alcoholism

  • Book Subtitle: Volume 1: Biochemistry

  • Editors: Benjamin Kissin, Henri Begleiter

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-6525-3

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1971

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4615-6527-7Published: 30 May 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-6525-3Published: 29 June 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXVIII, 630

  • Number of Illustrations: 99 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary

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