Showing posts with label alcohol alcohol dehyrogenase enzymes genes ADH1B metabolize gene variant. Show all posts
Showing posts with label alcohol alcohol dehyrogenase enzymes genes ADH1B metabolize gene variant. Show all posts

Saturday, 31 May 2008

Alcohol related genes

ADH1B(alcohol dehyrogenase enzymes), a variant of this gene can metabolize alcohol 100 times faster than non-carriers of this gene variant.

A variant  of adh1b*3 found in African americans appears to be more likely to cause sleepiness when they drank alcohol.