Question

anyone know anything about chemistry? there is no one in that room...

Answer 1

I know some

Answer 2

what?

Answer 3

o ok

Answer 4

do u think you could help with a word problem?

Answer 5

word problem?

Answer 6

A 40-year-old manager, at a prominent legal firm in L.A., experiences abdominal pain post lunch. He goes to the restroom a couple of times, but continues to experience pain and cramps. He eventually decides to get himself examined. While questioning him, you learn that he consumed two bottles of beer at lunch. The alcohol (ethyl alcohol/ethanol) content in a bottle of beer is about 5%. The man's weight is 150 lbs and he was drinking over an hour period.


•State the chemical reaction that took place in the patient's body.



•Identify the substance produced in the liver that helps catalyze this reaction

Answer 7

im sostupid when it comes to chemistry...

Answer 8

First off it is important to know that more than 90% of ethyl alcohol that enters the body is completely oxidized to acetic acid by a process that occurs primarily in the liver. The remainder of the alcohol, however, is not metabolized and is excreted either in the sweat, urine, or given off in one’s breath.

As stated, the major route of metabolism of ETOH is its oxidation in the liver catalyzed by the cytosolic enzyme alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH). If it helps to answer your question, ADH catalyzes the following rxn:

CH3CH2OH + NAD+ -> CH3CHO + NADH + H+.

The rxn produces acetaldehyde,a highly toxic substance that causes an individual to feel uncomfortable an ill.

Answer 9

how did u come up with this??

Answer 10

and whats the answer to the first question?

Answer 11

The patient is consuing alcohol which is hepatotoxic in nature, alcohol is oxidized into actealdehyde and then it is further oxidized to acetic acid by liver enzymes to secrete it out of the body, acetaldehyde itself cannot be secreted but it is really toxic to the body, as acetaldehyde accumulation in the body produces DISULFIRAM LIKE REACTION which causes abdominal cramps.
The second reason might be, as patient takes lunch and suddenly feels pain, so his liver might be damaged alot as food is to be digested by use of liver (and bile)secretions specially fats, so as food provides a load on the liver it produces pain showing off liver damage by alcoholism

Answer 12

hmmm.....

Answer 13

thanks