Re:Were Early Modern People Perpetually Drunk? (2016)
by maxerickson on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @07:59PM
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Yes, humans can derive energy from alcohol.
The system that eventually extracts energy from glucose (the citric acid cycle, also called the Krebs cycle) is involved, after the liver converts the ethanol.
The system that eventually extracts energy from glucose (the citric acid cycle, also called the Krebs cycle) is involved, after the liver converts the ethanol.