TABLE 1.

Summary of the model parameter values

Parameter	Value	Unit	Description
VR	0.20	liters	maternal reservoir volume
VM	0.34Vcoty	liters	intervillous space volume
VS = VP	0.15Vcoty	liters	syncytiotrophoblast volume
VF	0.075Vcoty	liters	fetal capillaries volume
QM	0.0084	l/min	maternal circulation flow
QF	0.0040	l/min	fetal circulation flow
K	0.22	μmol/l	dissociation constant for saturated fatty acid (44–46)
K	0.18	μmol/l	dissociation constant for mono-unsaturated fatty acid (44, 46–50)
K	0.15	μmol/l	dissociation constant for poly-unsaturated fatty acid (C < 20) (44, 46, 51)
K	0.06	μmol/l	dissociation constant for very long-chain poly-unsaturated (C ≥ 20) (46)
Km	435	μmol/l	metabolic pool accumulation and release affinity constant (31, 32)