these data indicate that the rat nasal mucosa , which is the major target site for both aldehydes in inhalation toxicity studies , can metabolize both formaldehyde and acetaldehyde , and that the specific activities of formaldehyde and aldehyde dehydrogenase in homogenates of the nasal mucosa are essentially unchanged following repeated exposures to toxic concentrations of either compound .
C0001992
aldehydes
C0000966
acetaldehyde