Effects of ethyl alcohol and acetaldehyde on certain biochemical parameters of blood in Wistar rats.

Ethyl alcohol injected intraperitoneally to rats in a dose of 3 g/kg of body weight caused hypoglycaemia which was not observed after similar administration of acetaldehyde in a dose od 0.3 g/kg. The serum levels of lipids and total cholesterol were unchanged after administration of ethyl alcohol while acetaldehyde decreased to cholesterol level 0.5, 1.5 and 3 hours after administration. Both these compounds raised the serum activity of AspAT and AlAT, and this rise was observed 0.5 hour after ethyl alcohol and 6 hours after acetaldehyde.