Alcohol

Believe it or not, alcohol is said to have caused over half the deaths due to road accidents in the mid 1970s. Today the situation has improved,...

Alcohol, in chemistry parlance, is any organic compound where hydroxyl functional group attaches to single saturated carbon atom. Alcohol here refers to ethyl alcohol, the predominant component...

The alcohol found in alcoholic beverages is ethyl alcohol, the only alcohol which is produced by fermenting fruits and grains. Fermenting is a chemical process whereby yeast...

Classified as a depressant, alcohol like any other depressant, slows vital functions which results garbled speech, wobbly movements, disturbed perceptions and failure to react swiftly. In fact,...