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Permeability of the human placenta in vivo to four non-metabolized hydrophilic molecules.

The Journal of physiology ·Vol. 431 ·1990-12-00 ·Pages 505-13

Bain MD, Copas DK, Taylor A, Landon MJ, Stacey TE

Abstract

1. Permeability of the human placenta to four permeants of different molecular size was measured at Caesarean section in seven normal full-term pregnancies. 2. Placental clearance for mannitol was 8.7 +/- 1.1 ml min-1 (mean +/- S.E.M.), lactulose 6.3 +/- 0.8, chromium ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (CrEDTA) 3.7 +/- 0.5, and inulin 0.98 +/- 0.1. 3. The permeability data were analysed in terms of restricted diffusion through 'notional' water-filled pores and found to be incompatible with a single population of uniform pores.

MeSH Terms
Adult Birth Weight Cell Membrane Permeability/physiology Cesarean Section Edetic Acid/pharmacokinetics Female Humans Infant, Newborn Inulin/pharmacokinetics Lactulose/pharmacokinetics Male Mannitol/pharmacokinetics Molecular Weight Organ Size Placenta/anatomy & histology,metabolism Pregnancy
Chemicals
Mannitol Lactulose Inulin Edetic Acid
Authors & Affiliations
5 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Bain M D
Clinical Research Centre, Harrow.
Copas D K
Taylor A
Landon M J
Stacey T E
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Article Info
Journal
The Journal of physiology
Abbr.
J Physiol
ISSN
0022-3751
Published
1990-12-00
Pages
505-13
Language
English
Region
England
NLM ID
0266262
PMCID
PMC1181787
Subset
IM
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