Placental Toxicology

B. V. Rama Sastry

Techniques: In Vitro Perfusion of Human Placenta, Alcohol, Placental Function, and Fetal Growth, Smoking, Placental Function, and Fetal Growth, Opioid Addiction, Placental Function, and Fetal Growth, Opioid Receptors in Placenta and Their Functional Role, Cocaine Addiction, Placental Function, and Fetal Growth, Sastry Placental Biogenic Amines and Their Transporters, Renin-Angiotensin System in Placenta, Placental Enzymes: Cytochrome P450s and Their Significance, Placental Metabolism of Xenobiotics, HIV and the Placenta: Mechanisms of Transfer, Drug Therapy, and Drug Toxicity, Environmental Agents and Placental Toxicity: Anticholinesterases and Other Insecticides