Ethanol

"Ethanol" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A clear, colorless liquid rapidly absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract and distributed throughout the body. It has bactericidal activity and is used often as a topical disinfectant. It is widely used as a solvent and preservative in pharmaceutical preparations as well as serving as the primary ingredient in ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES.

Descriptor ID	D000431
MeSH Number(s)	D02.033.375
Concept/Terms	Ethanol Ethanol Grain Alcohol Alcohol, Grain Alcohol, Ethyl Ethyl Alcohol Absolute Alcohol Absolute Alcohol Alcohol, Absolute

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Chemicals and Drugs [D]
Organic Chemicals [D02]
Alcohols [D02.033]
Ethanol [D02.033.375]

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Bar chart showing 205 publications over 30 distinct years, with a maximum of 13 publications in 2003 and 2015

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	4	1	5
1997	2	0	2
1998	3	2	5
1999	6	2	8
2000	4	0	4
2001	4	2	6
2002	7	2	9
2003	10	3	13
2004	5	1	6
2005	6	3	9
2006	7	2	9
2007	4	1	5
2008	4	2	6
2009	3	2	5
2010	2	2	4
2011	5	5	10
2012	9	1	10
2013	4	2	6
2014	6	3	9
2015	9	4	13
2016	5	4	9
2017	7	0	7
2018	8	4	12
2019	5	3	8
2020	1	2	3
2021	4	3	7
2022	2	4	6
2023	0	3	3
2024	3	1	4
2025	2	0	2

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Ritzenthaler JD, Ekuban A, Horsman B, Roman J, Watson WH. Alcohol-induced liver injury is mediated via a4-containing nicotinic acetylcholine receptors expressed in hepatocytes. Alcohol Clin Exp Res (Hoboken). 2025 Mar; 49(3):515-525.

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Quintanilla ME, Israel Y. Role of Metabolism on?Alcohol Preference, Addiction, and Treatment. Curr Top Behav Neurosci. 2025; 71:193-216.

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Quintanilla ME, Santapau D, Diaz E, Valenzuela Martinez I, Medina N, Landskron G, Dominguez A, Morales P, Ram?rez D, Hermoso M, Olivares B, Berr?os-C?rcamo P, Ezquer M, Herrera-Marschitz M, Israel Y, Ezquer F. Intragastric administration of short chain fatty acids greatly reduces voluntary ethanol intake in rats. Sci Rep. 2024 11 26; 14(1):29260.

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Cieri G, Mohr ALA, Fogarty M, Chan-Hosokawa A, Logan BK. Four-year evaluation of drug-impaired driving drug concentrations. J Anal Toxicol. 2024 Nov 15; 48(9):641-652.

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Babu KM, Haddad YK, Causey ST, Vargas-Torres CC, Martinez PM, Goldberg EM, Dorfman JD, Bleser JA, Chapman BP, Lai JT, Saif R, Elhoussan R, Graham LA, Krotulski AJ, Walton SE, Thomas FD, Logan BK, C Merchant R. Detection of ethanol, cannabinoids, benzodiazepines, and opioids in older adults evaluated for serious injuries from falls. Clin Toxicol (Phila). 2024 Oct; 62(10):661-668.

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Flashner S, Shimonosono M, Tomita Y, Matsuura N, Ohashi S, Muto M, Klein-Szanto AJ, Alan Diehl J, Chen CH, Mochly-Rosen D, Weinberg KI, Nakagawa H. ALDH2 dysfunction and alcohol cooperate in cancer stem cell enrichment. Carcinogenesis. 2024 02 12; 45(1-2):95-106.

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Quintanilla ME, Morales P, Santapau D, ?vila A, Ponce C, Berrios-C?rcamo P, Olivares B, Gallardo J, Ezquer M, Herrera-Marschitz M, Israel Y, Ezquer F. Chronic Voluntary Morphine Intake Is Associated with Changes in Brain Structures Involved in Drug Dependence in a Rat Model of Polydrug Use. Int J Mol Sci. 2023 Dec 03; 24(23).

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Winder GS, Clifton EG, Denysenko L, DiChiara AM, Hathaway D, Perumalswami PV, Shenoy A, Suzuki J, Tareen K, Mellinger JL, Fernandez AC. "But I didn't drink!": What to do with discordant phosphatidylethanol results. Liver Transpl. 2024 02 01; 30(2):213-222.

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Hayat U, Siddiqui AA, Farhan ML, Haris A, Hameed N. Genome Editing and Fatty Liver. Adv Exp Med Biol. 2023; 1396:191-206.

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Quintanilla ME, Quezada M, Morales P, Berr?os-C?rcamo P, Santapau D, Ezquer M, Herrera-Marschitz M, Israel Y, Ezquer F. Effect of human mesenchymal stem cell secretome administration on morphine self-administration and relapse in two animal models of opioid dependence. Transl Psychiatry. 2022 11 04; 12(1):462.

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