PLASMA XANTHTNE OXIDASE LEVEL AND ALCOHOL ADMINISTRATION

摘要

The acute administration of ethanol by gastric cathether significantly increases the plasma xanthine oxidase activity in both rats and hamsters without changing other enzyme activities—alanine aminotransferase and aspartate aminotransferase. The plasma xanthine oxidase level seems to be a sensitive marker of liver damage. Its higher activity due to the acute ethanol intoxication may have an impact on ethanol organ damag