From:	Jani Fikouras <feanor@**********.UNI-BREMEN.DE>
Subject:	Re: Allergies
Date:	Sat, 29 Apr 1995 17:57:18 +0200

> Damion> Yeah, that's what I would have assumed. But how come, then,
> Damion> synthahol doesn't have any of the damaging side effects (namely
> Damion> liver damage) that the real stuff does?
>
> If it's real alchohol, then it will damage the liver. If it's a chemical
> with similar effects but none of the side effects, then it's not alchohol
> (maybe an isomer? chemistry isn't one of my strong suits).

Isomers have got noting to do with it chummer, they are more like
Physics :)

> Or, realising
> that "alchohol" is actually a family of substances (ethanol, methanol,
> etc.) with varying degrees of toxicity, synthahol may be just another
> member of the family.

No alcohols tend to be thick and oily as far as I can remember
(any chem-geek care to back me up ?) I figure that synthahol is
simply a totally different subsatnce that just has a similar
taste and maybe some of the effects of ethanol.

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