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Science 8 January 1960:
Vol. 131. no. 3393, pp. 102 - 103
DOI: 10.1126/science.131.3393.102
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Characterization of Endogenous Ethanol in the Mammal

I. Rosabelle McManus 1, Arthur O. Contag 1, and Robert E. Olson 1

1 Department of Biochemistry and Nutrition, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsvlvania

Ethanol has been isolated from the tissues of several animal species in amounts ranging from 23 to 145 µmole/100 gm of tissue. Intestinal bacterial flora appear to be excluded as a source of this ethanol. Radioactivity from pyruvate-2-C14 appeared in ethanol after incubation with liver slices; this finding indicates an endogenous synthesis.

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