Alcohol in beverages is degraded mainly in the liver cytosol with the production of one NADH for each ethanol molecule. Predict what effect consumption of alcohol would have on the activity of the liver malate-aspartate shuttle

A) ?no change
B) ?increased
C) ?decreased
D) ?reversed


B

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