Conversion of maternal cortisol to cortisone during placental transfer to the human fetus

Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1974 Feb 15;118(4):538-41. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9378(16)33697-3.
No abstract available

MeSH terms

  • Abortion, Spontaneous
  • Brain / embryology
  • Brain / metabolism
  • Carbon Radioisotopes
  • Chromatography, Gel
  • Cortisone / biosynthesis*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hydrocortisone / blood
  • Hydrocortisone / metabolism*
  • Maternal-Fetal Exchange*
  • Oxidoreductases / metabolism
  • Placenta / metabolism
  • Placenta / physiology
  • Pregnancy
  • Tritium
  • Umbilical Cord / metabolism

Substances

  • Carbon Radioisotopes
  • Tritium
  • Oxidoreductases
  • Cortisone
  • Hydrocortisone