Protein Information

Name aldehyde dehydrogenase (protein family or complex)
Synonyms aldehyde dehydrogenase; aldehyde dehydrogenases

Compound Information

Name α-chlorohydrin
CAS 3-chloro-1,2-propanediol

Reference List

PubMed Abstract RScore(About this table)
10528996 Hammond AH, Fry JR: Effect of cyanamide on toxicity and glutathione depletion in rat hepatocyte cultures: differences between two dichloropropanol isomers. Chem Biol Interact. 1999 Sep 30;122(2):107-15.


The effect of aldehyde dehydrogenase inhibition by cyanamide pre-treatment in vitro on dichloropropanol-dependent toxicity and glutathione depletion was investigated in 24 h rat hepatocyte cultures.
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20056735 Chen YT, Liao JW, Hung DZ: Protective effects of fomepizole on 2-chloroethanol toxicity. Hum Exp Toxicol. 2010 Jun;29(6):507-12. Epub 2010 Jan 7.


In contrast, disulfiram (DSF), an aldehyde dehydrogenase inhibitor, increased the toxicity of 2-CE on the lethality in rats.
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16882532 Bronley-DeLancey A, McMillan DC, McMillan JM, Jollow DJ, Mohr LC, Hoel DG: Application of cryopreserved human hepatocytes in trichloroethylene risk assessment: relative disposition of chloral hydrate to trichloroacetate and trichloroethanol. Environ Health Perspect. 2006 Aug;114(8):1237-42.


CH is metabolized to the hepatocarcinogen trichloroacetate (TCA) by aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH) and to the noncarcinogenic metabolite trichloroethanol (TCOH) by alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH).
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