It has been revealed by a team of researchers that weekend alcohol consumption may have implications for their DNA. The team said so after analyzing the effects of weekend alcohol consumption on the lipids that comprise cell membrane and its genetic material.

The research saw two groups of students whose activity of the alcohol enzyme dehydrogenase, responsible for metabolising ethanol into acetaldehyde, acetoacetate and acetone was measured. One of the two groups did not drink alcohol, whereas the other one drank at the weekend.

Adela Rendon from the National Polytechnic Institute in Mexico conducted the study. Rendon said that those who drank alcohol at the weekend recorded twice as much as oxidative damage in comparison to those who did not consume alcohol.

Also, they tried to figure out whether the DNA was affected because of alcohol consumption. They found that alcohol consumption over the weekend may have impacted the DNA of participants.

"When we talk about youth alcohol abuse, we are referring to youngsters who drink alcohol without having become addicted. Addiction involves a more complex issue socially and psychologically speaking. This is social alcohol abuse", said the researcher.

Rendon said that the interesting finding is the fact that if the DNA has been damaged then it leaves a halo in the electrophoresis called the comet tail.