Template:Alcohol metabolism formulae
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{\displaystyle {\ce {H}}{-}{\overset {\displaystyle {\ce {H}} \atop |}{\underset {| \atop \displaystyle {\ce {H}}}{\ce {C}}}}{-}{\overset {\displaystyle {\ce {H}} \atop |}{\underset {| \atop \displaystyle {\ce {H}}}{\ce {C}}}}{\ce {-O-H->[{\ce {ADH}}]H}}{-}{\overset {\displaystyle {\ce {H}} \atop |}{\underset {| \atop \displaystyle {\ce {H}}}{\ce {C}}}}{-}{\overset {\displaystyle {\ce {H}} \atop |}{\underset {\| \atop \displaystyle {\ce {O}}}{\ce {C}}}}{\ce {->[{\ce {ALDH}}]H}}{-}{\overset {\displaystyle {\ce {H}} \atop |}{\underset {| \atop \displaystyle {\ce {H}}}{\ce {C}}}}{-}{\overset {\color {white}{\displaystyle {\ce {H}} \atop |}}{\underset {\| \atop \displaystyle {\ce {O}}}{\ce {C}}}}{\ce {-O-H}}}
Metabolism of alcohol (ethanol) to acetaldehyde (ethanal)
and then to acetic acid (ethanoic acid)
