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Original Research
Study of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase in the human placenta
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Institute of Histology and General Embryology University of Genoa
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School of Obstetrics, Savona
Clin. Exp. Obstet. Gynecol. 1978, 5(3-4), 109–111;
Published: 10 September 1978
Abstract
The activity of glucose-6-phosphate dehydro genase was investigated in eight normal human placentas at term of pregnancy. The authors demonstrate that the activity of this enzyme is greater in the syncytial layer of the placental villi of the central portion, and they advance ward the hypothesis that the site of metabolic activity of the carbohydrates, at least in the placenta at term, may be the syncytium.