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A patient comes into the emergency room having accidentally ingested methanol (a component in anti-freeze) . Methanol toxicity can lead to blindness, neurological issues, or death and must be treated quickly. Methanol is oxidized by the enzyme alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) to produce formaldehyde which is then converted to formic acid. ADH has a higher affinity to ethanol, where it functions to oxidize ethanol into acetaldehyde with the end product of the pathway being acetic acid (vinegar) .
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