Nutritional anemia. VI. Fetal hepatic storage of metabolites in the second half of pregnancy.
The non-heme iron, folates, and vitamin B12 in the liver of 77 fetuses were assayed as were serum levels of these metabolites in 70 of their mothers. The findings indicate the existence of independent placental transport mechanisms, switched on and off at different stages of late gestation, and peculiar to each metabolite.
D000740:Anemia / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D005333:Fetus / Q000378:metabolism*; D005492:Folic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007501:Iron / Q000378:metabolism; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism*; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D011247:Pregnancy; D011262:Pregnancy Trimester, Second; D014805:Vitamin B 12 / Q000378:metabolism
D005492:Folic Acid; D007501:Iron; D014805:Vitamin B 12