PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Grant R. Bartlett TI - THE MECHANISM OF ACTION OF MONOFLUOROETHANOL DP - 1952 Dec 01 TA - Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics PG - 464--467 VI - 106 IP - 4 4099 - http://jpet.aspetjournals.org/content/106/4/464.short 4100 - http://jpet.aspetjournals.org/content/106/4/464.full SO - J Pharmacol Exp Ther1952 Dec 01; 106 AB - The experiments reported emphasize the lack of biological reactivity of mono-fluoroethanol itself and indicate that its toxic effects result from an oxidation to fluoroacetic acid by tissue alcohol dehydrogenase.