The Effect of the Binge Drinking Session on the Activity of Salivary, Serum and Urinary  -Hexosaminidase: Preliminary Data

Our report is the first to show that an acute ingestion (6 h) of a relatively large, yet tolerable dose of alcohol (120-160 g), significantly increases activity of total serum β-hexosaminidase (total β-HEX), β-HEX A and β-HEX B isoenzymes, as well as salivary total β-HEX and urinary β-HEX A, in eigh...

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Published inAlcohol and alcoholism (Oxford) Vol. 43; no. 4; pp. 446 - 450
Main Authors Waszkiewicz, N., Szajda, S. D., Jankowska, A., Kepka, A., Dobryniewski, J., Szulc, A., Zwierz, K.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Oxford Publishing Limited (England) 01.07.2008
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Summary:Our report is the first to show that an acute ingestion (6 h) of a relatively large, yet tolerable dose of alcohol (120-160 g), significantly increases activity of total serum β-hexosaminidase (total β-HEX), β-HEX A and β-HEX B isoenzymes, as well as salivary total β-HEX and urinary β-HEX A, in eight infrequent binge drinkers. An increase in the activity of serum and urinary total HEX is mainly due to its secretory isoenzyme β-HEX A.
ISSN:0735-0414
1464-3502
DOI:10.1093/alcalc/agn027