Alcoholic liver damage is common in Ukraine and has a high mortality rate. The paper presents the data to determine the age characteristics of the hepatocytes cell cycle in rats under chronic alcoholic liver damage. It was found that immature and old rats are the most sensitive to the toxic effects of ethanol in chronic alcohol intoxication hepatocytes. It is proved that young females mature rats have the highest defense mechanisms and reparative regeneration of the liver, while in old rats there is noted a significant decrease in mitotic activity.
