FROM tucking into a fry-up to indulging in ‘hair of the dog’, there are a variety of things people claim are the ultimate ...

Currently, acetaldehyde is produced through the so-called Wacker process, a chemical synthesis method that uses ethylene from ...

One common result is the dreaded hangover. One of the causes of a hangover is the formation of acetaldehyde during the ...

Side effects include flushed skin, nausea, headache, and rapid heart beat. The cause is a buildup of acetaldehyde in the body. Acetaldehyde is highly toxic and a known carcinogen. When alcohol ...

A REPORT of successful storage of blackcurrants in 50 per cent carbon dioxide has led me to investigate the effects of this treatment on the fruit. Freshly picked blackcurrants were kept for four ...

Even so, some early preparations used acetaldehyde, the aldehyde that corresponds to vinyl alcohol. In a 1958 patent to Celanese (New York City), inventor Arthur W. Schnizer reported the reaction of ...