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. 1980 Jul 11;209(4453):308-9.
doi: 10.1126/science.7384807.

Ethanol: novel end product of vertebrate anaerobic metabolism

E A Shoubridge, P W Hochachka

Ethanol: novel end product of vertebrate anaerobic metabolism

E A Shoubridge et al. Science. .

Abstract

During periods of short-term experimental anoxia, the goldfish produces metabolic carbon dioxide and does not accumulate lactate to the extent expected. The goldfish has evolved a novel pathway of vertebrate anaerobic metabolism in which glucose carbon is metabolized to ethanol and excreted.

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