Alanine with the Precipitate of Tomato Juice Administered to Rats Enhances the Reduction in Blood Ethanol Levels

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(a) The effects of a combination of tomato juice and alanine on the spontaneous motor activity 4 h following the ingestion of 4.0 g/kg of ethanol (Experiment 1). The rats were orally given 20 mL/kg of tomato juice (tomato group), 5.0% aqueous alanine (alanine group), tomato juice with 5.0% alanine (tomato + alanine group), or water (water and control group). Results are expressed as the mean values. ○, water (ethanol-free); ●, control; △, alanine; □, tomato; ■, tomato + alanine. (b) The spontaneous motor activity at 4 h following the ingestion of 4.0 g/kg of ethanol. Results are expressed as the mean and standard deviations (). Mean values with different uppercase letters differ significantly (ANOVA, post hoc Tukey’s HSD test, ) among five groups.

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