The role of acetaldehyde in the actions of ethanol

EB Truitt Jr, MJ Walsh - The Biology of Alcoholism: Volume 1: Biochemistry, 1971 - Springer
… The reasons for this reluctance to attribute a primary role to acetaldehyde in the toxic actions
of ethanol are seldom discussed and have not been reviewed since 1966 (Truitt and Duritz)…

Evidence of monoamine oxidase inhibition by myristicin and nutmeg

EB Truitt Jr, G Duritz… - Proceedings of the …, 1963 - journals.sagepub.com
Nutmeg and its active component, myristicin, show evidence of central monoamine oxidase (MAO)
inhibition by their ability to lower the convulsive dose of intravenous tryptamine in …

Acute low-level formaldehyde behavioural and neurochemical toxicity in the rat.

…, JA Nielsen, E Foldvary, EB Truitt Jr - Progress in Neuro …, 1985 - europepmc.org
The purpose of the present study was to determine the effects of low-level formaldehyde
exposure upon behavior and neurochemistry in the male rat. Rats were exposed to either air or …

Evaluation of acetylsalicylic acid esterase in aspirin metabolism. Interspecies comparison

AM Morgan, EB Truitt Jr - Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 1965 - Wiley Online Library
The hydrolysis of acetylsalicylic acid in vitro by serum from various species of laboratory
animals and humans has been estimated by spectrophotometric measurement of salicylic acid …

Importance of acetaldehyde in the action of ethanol on brain norepinephrine and 5-hydroxytryptamine

G Duritz, EB Truitt Jr - Biochemical Pharmacology, 1966 - Elsevier
… ethanol were analyzed simultaneously by the gas chromatographic method of Duritz and
Truitt.31 Blood was obtained after decapitation, and no difference in levels was noted when it …

Metabolite of (—)-trans8-Tetrahydrocannabinol: Identification and Synthesis

…, HR Drewes, WE Schwartz, TF Page Jr, EB Truitt Jr - Science, 1970 - science.org
The major metabolite of (—)-trans-Δ 8 -tetrahydrocannabinol observed in vivo and formed by
hepatic microsomes in vitro is 11-hydroxy-trans-Δ 8 -tetrahydrocannabinol. The metabolite …

New pharmacoconvulsive agent

JC Krantz Jr, EB Truitt Jr, L Speers, ASC Ling - Science, 1957 - science.org
In our investigations concerning the anesthetic action of aliphatic fluorinated ethers of low
molecular weight (1) the anesthetic properties of Fluoromar (R.(trifluoroethyl vinyl ether) were …

A rapid method for the simultaneous determination of acetaldehyde and ethanol in blood using gas chromatography

G Duritz, EB Truitt Jr - Quarterly Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 1964 - jsad.com
TRUITT, E. B., JR., BELL, FK and 'KRANTL, JC, JR. Anesthesia. … TRUITT, EB, JR.,
DuruTL, G., MORGAN, AM and PROUTY, RW Disulfiramlike actions produced by …

Effect of acute ethanol or acetaldehyde adminstration on the uptake, release, metabolism and turnover rate of norepinephrine in rat brain

PV Thadani, EB Truitt Jr - Biochemical pharmacology, 1977 - Elsevier
Administration of acetaldehyde to rats following an intracisternal injection of [ 3 H]norepinephrine
(NE) produced a decrease in brain endogenous NE with a concurrent increase in …

Evaluation of acetaldehyde‐modified hemoglobin and other markers of chronic heavy alcohol use: effects of gender and hemoglobin concentration

…, D Jarjoura, EB Truitt Jr - Alcoholism: Clinical …, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
The present study examined whether measurement of hemoglobin‐acetaldehyde (HbA1‐AcH)
using an improved methodology may be useful as a biological marker of alcohol abuse. …