Nanocapsule reduces levels of alcohol in the body

• April 20, 2024

Researchers of the University of California , Los Angeles, have developed a technique with which they can combine multiple enzymes in a polymer nanocapsule to reduce blood alcohol levels and Liver damage , as well as to prevent the effects of its consumption, like the hangover.

It should be mentioned that this type of development could help prevent some diseases related to high consumption and blood alcohol levels, such as hepatitis , whose characteristics describes the specialist in liver diseases, Jorge Luis Poo , in an interview with GetQoralHealth:

The results of the experiments performed on mice and published in the journal Nature Nanotechnology, show that the nanocapsule manages to protect the enzymes, while allowing them to access the alcohol molecules to eliminate it from the blood, according to the-scientist.com site

Part of its results, explains Yungefu Lu, main author of the investigation , is that the levels of alcohol in blood of mice were reduced to those who were given the pill when consuming beer or another alcoholic beverage: after 45 minutes they go down 10%, and after three hours it decreases 37%.

The drug is based on the combination of two complementary enzymes in the small capsule, which is 100 thousand times thinner than a hair, in order to chemically alter the alcohol in the stomach and process it in a very similar way as it does the liver , but much faster.

According to the UCLA researcher, mice treated with AOx-Cat had lower levels of alanine aminotransferase (ALT), a biomarker enzyme Hepatic injury , 30 minutes after the poisoning.

"We have shown that we can combine these two enzymes in a way that is stable and that, in animal models, the complex is active and reduces the rate of Breathalyzer and liver damage for high blood alcohol levels. " Therefore, we are currently studying the possibility of extending the benefits of this technique for other conditions, such as hair loss.

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