Together with tobacco, alcohol is the most abundantly consumed noxious compound worldwide. Within the last decade, much knowledge about the pathophysiology of alcohol-related organ damage has been ...

Histones are crosslinked with DNA (histone-DPC) following formaldehyde exposure, leading to the malfunction of cellular processes such as transcription. A team of researchers at Nagoya University in ...

A catalyst consisting of gold-palladium alloy nanocrystals supported on titanium dioxide significantly speeds up the oxidation of alcohols to aldehydes under mild, solvent-free conditions (Science ...

Oxidizing the end carbon atom of a terminal alkene to form an aldehyde, a process called anti-Markovnikov alkene oxidation, is difficult because the reaction is energetically unfavorable. The ...

Alcohol significantly increases the risk of multiple cancers through DNA damage, inflammation, and hormonal changes. Despite this, many people remain unaware of the danger. We need clearer warning ...

This article is a continuation of the revision notes on CBSE Class 12 Chemistry, Chapter - Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids. Most of the important concepts are covered in the Part I. In this ...

When a person drinks alcohol, two different enzymes in the liver break it down, first into acetaldehyde and then into acetate. People with a shortage of the second enzyme, aldehyde dehydrogenase-2 ...

The benefits and risks of alcohol consumption depend upon the dose, your genes, your sex, and your state of health.