The Energy Cost of the Metabolism of Drugs, Including Ethanol

1 January 1972

journal article
Published by S. Karger AG in Pharmacology

Vol. 7 (3) , 185-196
https://doi.org/10.1159/000136288

Abstract

Observations of changes in body weight in man and rats indicate that the administration of high doses of ethanol results in an inefficient utilization of calories. It is postulated that this is due, a

Keywords

ALCOHOL
BODY WEIGHT
CALORIES
DRUG METABOLISM
HEPATIC METABOLISM
METABOLIC RATE
MICROSOMES
OXYGEN CONSUMPTION