Placental and foetal metabolism of acetaldehyde in rat. II. Studies on metabolism of acetaldehyde in the isolated placenta and foetus.

: The aldehyde-oxidizing capacity of placenta and foetal liver from the rat was studied using acetaldehyde as substrate. In the placenta the activity was approximately 8 % and in foetal liver 49 % of that found in the liver of adult animal. The placenta seems to prevent most of the acetaldehyde found in maternal blood during ethanol oxidation from entering the foetal circulation.

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