Comparing the in vivo glycine fluxes of adolescent girls and adult women during early and late pregnancy

During pregnancy, growth of the foetus depends on an adequate glycine supply because it is needed for synthesis of fetal DNA, collagen and serine. Since pregnant adolescent girls give birth to lower birth weight babies, it is possible that they do not produce sufficient glycine to meet overall deman...

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Published in:	British journal of nutrition 2010-08, Vol.104 (4), p.498-502
Main Authors:	Thame, Minerva, Fletcher, Horace, Baker, Tameka, Jahoor, Farook
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Adolescent Adolescent pregnancy Adult age differences Age Factors Amino acids Biological and medical sciences birth weight blood chemistry collagen Comparative studies DNA early pregnancy embryogenesis fasting Fasting - physiology Feeding. Feeding behavior Female fetal development Fetal Growth Retardation - etiology First trimester food intake Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology glycine (amino acid) Glycine - administration & dosage Glycine - blood Glycine flux Humans Infusions, Intravenous late pregnancy Low birth weight Pregnancy Pregnancy - blood Pregnancy Trimester, First Pregnancy Trimester, Third pregnant adolescents pregnant women Prenatal development serine Teenagers temporal variation Third trimester Vertebrates: anatomy and physiology, studies on body, several organs or systems Women
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