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. 1979 Dec;11(5-6):363-70.
doi: 10.1016/0047-6374(79)90011-3.

Developmental patterns of alcohol dehydrogenase and aldehyde dehydrogenases in homogenates and subcellular fractions of rat liver

Developmental patterns of alcohol dehydrogenase and aldehyde dehydrogenases in homogenates and subcellular fractions of rat liver

A A Horton et al. Mech Ageing Dev. 1979 Dec.

Abstract

Both alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) and the two isoenzymes of aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH-I-NAD+ and ALDH-II-NAD+) were first detected in foetal rat liver about 5 days before birth. All enzymes developed gradually and showed no abrupt increases in activity. The specific activities of ALDH-I-NAD+ and ALDH-II-NAD+ in the mitochondrial fractions, ALDH-II-NAD+ in the microsomal fractions and ADH in liver homogenates all produced a major percentage of the adult activity within a month, whereas the total activities increased over a longer part of the developmental period.

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