Metabolism of alcohol to acetaldehyde in the rat uterus and it reproductive toxicity

LARA BUTHET; SILVIA FANELLI; CARMEN RODRIGUEZ DE CASTRO; CASTRO, GERARDO DANIEL; CASTRO, J.; FLORENCIA BIETTO

Mar del Plata

Congreso; 43 Annual Meeting Argentine Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; 2007

It is known that alcohol drinking can lead to impairment in reproductive function in women. In this study we analye the possibility that part of these effects were mediated trought laterations of uterus function related to ethanol oxidation to acetaldehyde ocurring int that issue.