title: Foetal and maternal plasma levels of steroid sulphates in human pregnancy at term.
abstract: Umbilical cord arterial and venous, and maternal peripheral vein blood samples were collected during 20 deliveries after uncomplicated pregnancies. Using a gas chromatographic method, oestriol, oestriol sulphate, progesterone and a number of neutral steroid mono- and disulphates were quantitated in the cord plasma samples and a number of neutral steroid mono- and disulphates in the maternal plasma samples.
mesh_terms: D000736:Androstenes / Q000097:blood; D000738:Androsterone / Q000097:blood; D003687:Dehydroepiandrosterone / Q000097:blood; D004964:Estriol / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D005312:Fetal Blood; D005333:Fetus / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008431:Maternal-Fetal Exchange; D011247:Pregnancy; D011263:Pregnancy Trimester, Third; D011276:Pregnanediol / Q000097:blood; D011278:Pregnanes / Q000097:blood*; D011284:Pregnenolone / Q000097:blood; D011374:Progesterone / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D000736:Androstenes; D011278:Pregnanes; D003687:Dehydroepiandrosterone; D011374:Progesterone; D011284:Pregnenolone; D000738:Androsterone; D004964:Estriol; D011276:Pregnanediol