Effects of several alcohols on glycosidase activities in rat liver and brain

Abstract 1. 1. β- d -Galactosidase, β- d -glucuronidase and β-NAc- d -glucosaminidase spec. acts from liver displayed statistically significant differences after treatments with certain alcohols. 2. 2. No statistically significant difference was found for the kinetic parameters ( K m and V max ) of the indicated glycosidase activities. 3. 3. β- d -Glucuronidase and β-NAc- d -glucosaminidase spec. acts from brain tissue showed statistically significant differences after treatments with certain alcohols. 4. 4. β- d -Glucuronidase and β-NAc- d -glucosaminidase activities from liver showed a statistically significantly decrease in the presence of in vitro ethanol. Tolerance effects were not observed.