Transcript lsiacetaldehyde

WARNING!!!
!!!ACETALDEHYDE!!!
Acetaldehyde
• Product of decomposition of ethanol
• New findings: more harmful than ethanol
Inability to decompose
acetaldehyde
• 50 % of Japanese,
Koreans and Chinese
• Mistake in a gen
• Intolerance against
alcohol
Hangover
Ethanol
• damages: brain,
kidneys, liver
Acetaldehyde
• Muscular poison
• Alcoholics: five times
worse injury of
muscles than other
organums
Transformation of ethanol in our
body
• with your first swallow
your body begins to
decompose the alcohol
• Ethanol  Acetaldehyde
• Average liver – 7g/h
• Liver of an alcoholic – to
10g/h
• If you drink one bottle of
wine, your liver have to
work all night to get rid of
acetaldehyde.
Acetaldehyde & DNA
• Acetaldehyde is bonded to the proteins, causes
changes it their structure and functions
• Influences DNA, brings about mutations and
changes in chromosomes
Other sources
• Cigarettes : present in the
saliva of the smoker,
liquidation is not so easy
as in the case of alcohol
• Bacterias living in our
mouth
• Food bacteria: are
coming up during the
fermentation of yoghurts
and production of cheese
• Freshly prepared coffee
• Fresh fruits
Defence
• It is in research.
• Only known means of protection are:
• Chewing gums
• Mouthwash
Don’t be sad you have to die of something.
Information sources