Abstract
The bile acid patterns in the maternal and umbilical vein and artery serum samples were analysed by a two-step chromatographic method involving group separation by piperidinohydroxypropyl-Sephadex LH-20 and high-pressure liquid chromatography using immobilized 3 alpha-hydroxy steroid dehydrogenase. Glycochenodeoxycholate predominates in the maternal blood and taurochenodeoxycholate in the umbilical blood. In cases where a free bile acid was detected in the maternal blood, the same bile acid was also demonstrated in the corresponding cord blood. The concentrations of taurocholate and taurochenodeoxycholate were found to be significantly higher in the umbilical artery than in the corresponding umbilical vein. Our data suggest that there is a bidirectional placental transfer of free bile acids and that there is a transfer of taurine-conjugated primary bile acids from the foetus to the mother.
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