RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The Effect of Ethanol and Wine on the Plasma Histamine Level of Chickens and Man
JF American Journal of Enology and Viticulture
JO Am J Enol Vitic.
FD American Society for Enology and Viticulture
SP 128
OP 131
DO 10.5344/ajev.1981.32.2.128
VO 32
IS 2
A1 D. W. Lowenberg
A1 C. S. Ough
A1 S. Lepkovsky
A1 F. F. Furuta
YR 1981
UL http://www.ajevonline.org/content/32/2/128.abstract
AB Fasted chickens were force-fed a 40% ethanol: water solution (v/v) or a 13.4% alcohol (v/v) Davis Petite Sirah at amounts calculated to give a 0.3% peak blood alcohol level. Blood was drawn before and at timed intervals (ranging from 2 to 150 minutes) after the force-feeding. The fluorometric determination of histamine was performed on the plasma samples with no increases in histamine level detected. Six human volunteers drank the same liquids under similar experimental guidelines. Increased plasma histamine levels were detected when a more precise HPLC method of analysis for histamine was used.