[Composition of rat serum proteins under the effect of acetaldehyde and ethanol]

Concentration and composition of rat serum proteins have been studied both under the isolated acetaldehyde effect and against a background of the action of acute and chronic intoxication by ethanol. Acetaldehyde evoked an increase in the concentration of the total serum proteins, the value of this parameter remaining unchanged under the ethanol effect. A comparison of ethanol and acetaldehyde effects gives ground to suppose that the quantitative redistribution of blood serum proteins which observed under ethanol intoxication is to a considerable extent a result of the acetaldehyde effect and is determined by aggregation of proteins.