Relationship between acetaldehyde concentration in mouth air and tongue coating volume

• Main Authors: Aya YOKOI (Author), Takayuki MARUYAMA (Author), Reiko YAMANAKA (Author), Daisuke EKUNI (Author), Takaaki TOMOFUJI (Author), Haruhiko KASHIWAZAKI (Author), Yutaka YAMAZAKI (Author), Manabu MORITA (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: University of São Paulo, 2015-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective Acetaldehyde is the first metabolite of ethanol and is produced in the epithelium by mucosal ALDH, while higher levels are derived from microbial oxidation of ethanol by oral microflora such as Candida species. However, it is uncertain whether acetaldehyde concentration in human breath is...