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6142000 
Journal Article 
The effect of methanol, formaldehyde and formic acid on tissue respiration 
Watts, DT 
1951 
Yes 
Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics
ISSN: 0003-9861
EISSN: 1096-0384 
34 
2 
391-395 
English 
14904074 
1. The effect of methanol, formaldehyde, and formic acid on the following enzyme systems has been determined: (a) the oxidation and fermentation of glucose by yeast, (b) the oxidation of glucose by rat liver slices, and (c) the oxidation of ascorbate and succinate by rat liver homogenates.

2. The order of inhibition was formaldehyde formic acid methanol. Formaldehyde was a very potent inhibitor, whereas the other compounds were comparatively weak enzymatic inhibitors.

3. The possible relationship of these enzymatic inhibitors to methanol poisoning is discussed.