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Aims The study documented elimination characteristics of three phosphatidylethanol (PEth) homologs in serially collected blood samples from 47 heavy drinkers during ~2 weeks of alcohol detoxification at hospital. Methods Venous whole blood and urine samples were collected every 1–2 days during treatment. Concentrations of PEth, and of urinary ethyl glucuronide (EtG) and ethyl sulfate (EtS) to detect relapse drinking, were measured using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. Results When included in the study, negative or decreasing breath ethanol concentrations demonstrated that the patients were in the elimination phase. The EtG and EtS measurements further confirmed alcohol abstinence during the study, with three exceptions. On admission, all patients tested positive for PEth, the total concentration ranging 0.82–11.7 (mean 6.35, median 5.88) μmol/l. PEth 16:0/18:1, 16:0/18:2 and 16:0/20:4 accounted for on average ~42%, ~26% and ~9%, respectively, of total PEth in these samples. There were good correlations between total PEth and individual homologs (P &amp;lt; 0.0001). There was no significant difference in PEth values between male and female subjects. During abstinence, the elimination half-life values ranged 3.5–9.8 days for total PEth, 3.7–10.4 days for PEth 16:0/18:1, 2.7–8.5 days for PEth 16:0/18:2 and 2.3–8.4 days for PEth 16:0/20:4. Conclusions The results demonstrated a very high sensitivity (100%) of PEth as alcohol biomarker for recent heavy drinking, but considerable differences in the elimination rates between individuals and between different PEth forms. This indicates that it is possible to make only approximate estimates of the quantity and recency of alcohol intake based on a single PEth value.

Elimination Characteristics of the Alcohol Biomarker Phosphatidylethanol (PEth) in Blood during Alcohol Detoxification