... Fetus Nutrients Placenta Pregnancy Fasting during the month of Ramadan is one of the five pillars of Islam. During this period, it is a religious requirement that healthy adult Muslims abstain from consuming food and drink from dawn to sunset for the duration of this holy month. From sunset...

.... Glycine may become conditionally essential, as its rate of endogenous formation is inadequate to meet metabolic needs, and may be limiting for the normal development of the fetus. In the present study, five groups of Wistar rats were provided during pregnancy with one of five diets: a control diet...

...D. J. P. BARKER 1. Many human fetuses have to adapt to a limited supply of nutrients. In doing so they permanently change their structure and metabolism. 2. These ‘programmed' changes may be the origins of a number of diseases in later life, including coronary heart disease and the related...

... of the interaction between exogenously administered opiates and oxytocin secretion may give insight into the activity of any opiate-mediated regulatory mechanism of oxytocin secretion in the fetus. This study was designed to investigate the effect of an opiate (5 mg of morphine) given to the mother on the fetal...

... increase occurring after 24 weeks when the fetus was in the active state. In addition, increased cardio- somatic coupling has been observed during gestation Similar gender differences in organ maturation have been observed both in human and animal fetuses. There appears to be an increased incidence...

... to establish whether the placenta has a role in feto-maternal cholesterol metabolism through either synthesis or transplacental cholesterol flux. The potential for free cholesterol diffusion between mother and fetus and rates of cholesterol esterification and transfer between lipoproteins were determined...

... angiotensin-converting enzyme activity in the low protein groups. 5. The data are consistent with the hypothesis that poor maternal nutrition in pregnancy may irreversibly impair aspects of physiological and biochemical function in the fetus. This has potential adverse consequences for the later health...