Glucose Metabolism, Lactate, and Ammonia Production by the Human Placenta In Vitro

Glucose Metabolism, Lactate, and Ammonia Production by the Human Placenta In Vitro

IAN R. HOLZMAN, ANTHONY F. PHILIPPS, AND FREDERICK C. BATTAGLIA’27’ Division of Perinatal Medicine, Departments of Pediatrics, and Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Colorado Medical Center, Denver, Colorado, USA   Summary Fifteen human placentas were obtained at term. Placental fragments were incubated in a bicarbonate-buffered Earle’s solution. Additions of glutamate (1 mM) or glutamine (1 […]