Citation

Schellmann B, Reinhardt G, Loeser L. Blutalkohol 1979; 16(3): 186-192.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1979, International Committee on Alcohol, Drugs and Traffic Safety and Bund gegen Alkohol und Drogen im Straßenverkehr, Publisher Steintor Verlag)

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Abstract

In alcohol experiments on 25 apparently healthy volunteers (male and female aged 18-41 years) the effect of fructose and ascorbic acid on blood alcohol concentrations was studied. During a 2 hour session different alcoholic beverages were given to provide the subjects with 0,5-3,0 grams of ethanol per kilogram of body weight. The test was repeated under the same conditions the next day but without the fructose and ascorbic acid intake. Significant lower ethanol concentrations in the blood samples were found (an average of about 20%) when in addition doses of fructose and vitamin C were taken orally. The individual effects on physical and mental behaviour varied. Not all of the subjects could corroborate the result of previous investigations in which fructose and ascorbic acid diminished the effect of alcohol hangover by half. In 3 subjects a decrease in the rate of ethanol metabolism was found when the fructose vitamin C mixture was taken. 'Fructose-effect' is unpredictable. This may become important especially to car drivers.