Editing Ethanol (section)

=== Oxidation ===
Ethanol can be oxidized to acetaldehyde and further oxidized to acetic acid, depending on the reagents and conditions.<ref name="s_and_h" /> This oxidation is of no importance industrially, but in the human body, these oxidation reactions are catalyzed by the enzyme [[liver alcohol dehydrogenase|liver ADH]]. The oxidation product of ethanol, acetic acid, is a nutrient for humans, being a precursor to [[acetyl CoA]], where the acetyl group can be spent as energy or used for biosynthesis.