Submitted by triestorise121 t3_zd1ev2 in askscience
floridawhiteguy t1_iz0gvo8 wrote
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26502571/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21706814/
Long stories short: Ethanol can both potentiate and suppress agonist-induced Ca(2+)-dependent vasoconstriction.
IOW: Low levels appear to help calcium in enhancing blood flow, while high levels seem to strip calcium levels causing all sorts of ill effects.
Pokenhagen t1_iz1q3z0 wrote
What counts as high and low in this context?
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Nianms t1_iz144wu wrote
Animals use lactic acid fermentation for anaerobic respiration as opposed to ethanol fermentation. So we don’t ever produce any ethanol to deal with, only lactic acid.
Ajenthavoc t1_iz1avca wrote
That's true in muscles, but plenty of fermentation happens in the gastrointestinal system with approximately 3g of etoh that the body has to deal with daily.
Nianms t1_iz2lopu wrote
Huh that’s pretty interesting. Thanks for the paper!
TWeaKoR t1_iz15d7r wrote
Damn, suddenly I've remembered a whole topic that I should have already known. Thank you for the correction.
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