Placental Toxicology

ISBN-13: 9780849378126 / Angielski / Twarda / 1995 / 304 str.

B. V. Rama Sastry

Opis

Placental Toxicology examines placental transfer and toxicology of drugs and environmental agents to placenta, as well as to fetus. For the first time in a single volume, placental and fetal consequences of exposure of pregnant women to drugs, environmental chemicals, and infections, such as HIV, are discussed. Topics include:

The art of in vitro perfusion of human placenta

Abuse of alcohol, nicotine, morphine, and cocaine during pregnancy, their placental transfer and fetal growth retardation

Placental transfer and fetal toxicities of environmental insecticides

Placental hormones and fetal well-being

Placental transfer of HIV and treatment of pregnant women with anti-HIV drugs

Spis treści

Techniques: In Vitro Perfusion of Human Placenta, H. SchneiderAlcohol, Placental Function, and Fetal Growth, G.I. Henderson and S. SchenkerSmoking, Placental Function, and Fetal Growth, B.V. Rama Sastry and V.E. JansonOpioid Addiction, Placental Function, and Fetal Growth, B.V. Rama SastryOpioid Receptors in Placenta and Their Functional Role, M.S. Ahmed and B. CemerikicCocaine Addiction, Placental Function, and Fetal Growth, B.V. Rama SastryPlacental Biogenic Amines and Their Transporters, V. Ganapathy and F.H. LeibachRenin-Angiotensin System in Placenta, A.M. Poisner and G.J. DowningPlacental Enzymes: Cytochrome P450s and Their Significance, M.R. JuchauPlacental Metabolism of Xenobiotics, R.D. Harbison, C.J. Borgert, and C.M. TeafHIV and the Placenta: Mechanisms of Transfer, Drug Therapy, and Drug Toxicity, R.J.Y. Ho, C.M. Pereira, and J.D. UnadkatEnvironmental Agents and Placental Toxicity: Anticholinesterases and Other Insecticides, R.C. Gupta

O autorze

B. V. Rama Sastry