Fig. 1
From: Pathogenic mechanisms and regulatory factors involved in alcoholic liver disease
The absorption, transportation, and deposition of alcohol in the body. After oral ingestion, most alcohol is absorbed in the stomach (~ 22%) or the intestine (~ 75%), with only a small part deposited in faeces (1%) or absorbed in the oesophagus. The absorbed alcohol is transported mainly through the blood circulatory system to the liver where it is metabolized (~ 95%), with only a small portion excreted in urine (~ 2%-4%) or as an exhaled gas (~ 5%) in its original form