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  2. Ethanol - Wikipedia

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    Ethanol (also called ethyl alcohol, grain alcohol, drinking alcohol, or simply alcohol) is an organic compound with the chemical formula CH 3 CH 2 OH. It is an alcohol, with its formula also written as C 2 H 5 OH, C 2 H 6 O or EtOH, where Et stands for ethyl. Ethanol is a volatile, flammable, colorless liquid with a characteristic wine-like ...

  3. Blood alcohol content - Wikipedia

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    Blood alcohol content (BAC), also called blood alcohol concentration or blood alcohol level, is a measurement of alcohol intoxication used for legal or medical purposes. [1] BAC is expressed as mass of alcohol per volume of blood. In US and many international publications, BAC levels are written as a percentage such as 0.08%, i.e. there is 0.8 ...

  4. Alcohol (chemistry) - Wikipedia

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    The term alcohol originally referred to the primary alcohol ethanol (ethyl alcohol), which is used as a drug and is the main alcohol present in alcoholic drinks. The suffix -ol appears in the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) chemical name of all substances where the hydroxyl group is the functional group with the ...

  5. Phosphatidylethanol - Wikipedia

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    General chemical structures of phosphotidylethanol, where R 1 and R 2 are fatty acid chains. Phosphatidylethanols (PEth) are a group of phospholipids formed only in the presence of ethanol via the action of phospholipase D (PLD). [1] It accumulates in blood and is removed slowly, making it a useful biomarker for alcohol consumption. [2]

  6. Pharmacology of ethanol - Wikipedia

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    Peak blood alcohol concentrations may be estimated by dividing the amount of ethanol ingested by the body weight of the individual and correcting for water dilution. [4] For time-dependent calculations, Swedish professor Erik Widmark developed a model of alcohol pharmacokinetics in the 1920s. [ 120 ]

  7. Drug test - Wikipedia

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    Blood / Oral Fluid Alcohol: 6–24 hours [7] Note: Alcohol tests may measure ethyl glucuronide, which can stay in urine for up to 80 hours: up to 90 days [8] 12 to 24 hours Amphetamines (except methamphetamine) 1 to 4 days [9] up to 90 days: 12 hours Methamphetamine: 5 days- up to a week [10] up to 90 days: 1 to 3 days [10] MDMA (Ecstasy) 3 to ...

  8. Ethyl glucuronide - Wikipedia

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    Ethyl glucuronide (EtG) is a metabolite of ethanol which is formed in the body by glucuronidation following exposure to ethanol, usually from drinking alcoholic beverages.It is used as a biomarker to test for ethanol use and to monitor alcohol abstinence in situations where drinking is prohibited, such as by the military, in alcohol treatment programs, in professional monitoring programs ...

  9. Alcohol - Wikipedia

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    Ethanol, one of several alcohols, commonly known as alcohol in everyday life Alcohol (drug) , intoxicant found in alcoholic beverages Alcoholic beverage , an alcoholic drink