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maxxal22
Oct 11, 2017

The ethanol competes with the methanol for the enzyme alcohol dehydrogenase

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The ethanol competes with methanol for occupation of the enzyme which breaks down the methanol into harmful substances (think formaldehyde etc.). The enzyme alcohol dehydrogenase favours ethanol over methanol as a substrate. This means that the methanol will not be broken down and gets flushed out of the body instead

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