Transcription of Exploring Alcohol’s Effects on Liver Function
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Exploring Alcohol’s Effects on Liver Function
N association between Liver disease and heavy alcoholconsumption was recognizedmore than 200 years ago (Smart andMann 1992). Long-term heavy alco-hol use is the most prevalent singlecause of illness and death from liverdisease in the United States (NationalCenter for Health Statistics 1994).The Liver is particularly susceptible toalcohol-related injury because it is theprimary site of alcohol alcohol is broken down in theliver, a number of potentially danger-ous by-products are generated, such asacetaldehyde and highly reactivemolecules called free radicals. Per-haps more so than alcohol itself, theseproducts contribute to alcohol-inducedliver Liver is one of the largest or-gans in the body; it has not only con-siderable reserves but also the abilityto regenerate itself. Consequently,symptoms of Liver damage may notappear until damage to the organ isquite extensive.
alcohol-induced liver damage include the effects of free radicals, antioxi-dants, and hypoxia. Free Radicals. Much of the direct cell ... attack is the sequential degradation of cell membranes by a process known as lipid peroxidation. This process …
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