Materno-foetal exchanges and utilisation of nutrients by the foetus: Comparison between species

Reproduction Nutrition Development

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-15

  Père, Marie Christine ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Amino acid; Carbohydrate; Fatty acid; Mammal; Materno foetal exchange

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; AMINO ACID; CARBOHYDRATE; FATTY ACID; FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; GLYCEROL; KETONE; LACTIC ACID; LIPID; OXYGEN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UREA;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; BOVIDS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; FETUS; FETUS BLOOD; HORSE; HUMAN; LAMB; LIPID TRANSPORT; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; OXIDATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PERMEABILITY; PLACENTA; PRIMATE; RABBIT; RAT; REVIEW; RODENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SWINE;

BOVIDAE; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; MAMMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PRIMATES; RODENTIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0037607095     PISSN: 09265287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/rnd:2003002     Document Type: Review

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