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PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECT OF PHENETHYL ALCOHOL
Author(s) -
Wallgren H.,
Sammalisto L.,
Suomalainen Heikki
Publication year - 1963
Publication title -
journal of the institute of brewing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.523
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 2050-0416
pISSN - 0046-9750
DOI - 10.1002/j.2050-0416.1963.tb01949.x
Subject(s) - alcohol , chemistry , ethanol , body weight , chromatography , pharmacology , biochemistry , medicine
The intoxicating effect of phenethyl alcohol, found in beers in concentrations ranging from 10 to 40 mg. per litre, has been tested with mice using the tilting plane technique. The molar effect is 1.6‐2.5 times stronger than that of ethyl alcohol and thus a little less than the effect of propanols, but the recovery from intoxication proceeds very rapidly. No effect was observed with a dose as high as 0.1 mg. phenethyl alcohol per g. body weight, which is a very high dose when compared with that likely to be consumed with beer.