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Summary
Reduction in hepatic catalase activity, of at least 71.8%, over a period of 5 hours, as a result of injection of 3-amino-l, 2, 4-triazole, failed to produce a statistically significant alteration in rate of ethanol metabolism in rats. The ethanol oxidizing capacity of the liver, e.g., alcohol dehydrogenase activity, was statistically the same in control and experimental series. It is concluded that hepatic catalase, in rats, does not play a significant role in ethanol metabolism.
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