1.
Pediatr Res
; 11(8): 878-80, 1977 Aug.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-887305
ABSTRACT
Free carnitine levels were determined in amniotic fluids between the 10th and 40th week of gestation. They were found to decrease significantly with gestational age. Blood levels of carnitine were lower in pregnant than in nonpregnant women. Levels were found to be higher in cord blood than in maternal blood and usually were higher in the umbilical artery than vein. Intra-arterial injection of L-carnitine into a pregnant ewe did not cause a rise in the fetal blood level of carnitine, which, in contrast to human fetal blood, contained less than half the level of carnitine in maternal blood.
Subject(s)
Amniotic Fluid/analysis , Carnitine/analysis , Fetal Blood/analysis , Age Factors , Animals , Carnitine/blood , Carnitine/metabolism , Female , Gestational Age , Humans , Infant, Newborn , Maternal-Fetal Exchange , Pregnancy , Pregnancy in Diabetics , Sheep
2.
Biol Neonate
; 25(1-2): 85-94, 1974.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-4418477
Subject(s)
Adipose Tissue/metabolism , Carnitine/pharmacology , Infant, Newborn , Lipid Metabolism , Adenosine Triphosphate/pharmacology , Adipose Tissue/analysis , Adult , Carnitine/analogs & derivatives , Fatty Acids/analysis , Fatty Acids/metabolism , Female , Glycerol/analysis , Glycerol/metabolism , Humans , Isoproterenol/pharmacology , Male , Mitochondria/analysis , Mitochondria/metabolism , Oxidative Phosphorylation/drug effects , Theophylline/pharmacology
3.
Biol Neonate
; 25(1-2): 95-107, 1974.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-4153620
