Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2008 1:12 am
lordson wrote:http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Why_does_alcohol_work_so_fast
i knew i was part right
"Alcohol is a drug that enters the bloodstream without being broken down in the stomach by the digestive system."
"However, up to half the alcohol is degraded in the stomach before it passes into the small intestine."
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"the enzyme alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH),"
http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=2601174
Conclusions: The stomach may contribute only a small portion of the alcohol metabolism observed in humans, and the liver may be the major site for first-pass metabolism. Differential expression patterns of ADH and ALDH in the alimentary tract suggest that different vulnerabilities to ethanol-induced mucosal injury may exist
