title: Polyol accumulation in human placenta and umbilical cord.
abstract: Ultrafiltrable metabolites in human term placenta and umbilical cord were analysed by means of 13C-NMR spectroscopy and gas-liquid chromatography. In these tissues, existing in a very reduced redox state, lactate and polyols (sorbitol, myoinositol and xylitol) were found to be the major accumulated intermediates of the glycolytic pathways. The cord tissue preferentially took up myoinositol.
mesh_terms: D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D010920:Placenta / Q000032:analysis*; D011247:Pregnancy; D013057:Spectrum Analysis; D013402:Sugar Alcohols / Q000032:analysis*; D014462:Ultrafiltration; D014470:Umbilical Cord / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D013402:Sugar Alcohols