Metabolic Processes in the Foetus and Newborn Infant

Inhaltsverzeichnis

• Session I The Development of Enzyme Systems in the Mammal.
• Development of enzyme systems in glycolysis.
• Computer representation of fetal and adult glycolysis.
• The development of some enzymes of amino acid metabolism in the human liver.
• Control and interference by endogenous and exogenous substances on normal liver development.
• Effects of hormones on the development of enzyme systems.
• Drug susceptibility and the development of erythrocyte enzyme systems.
• Session II Aminoacid Metabolism.
• Placental transport of free amino-acids.
• The plasma aminogram in ‘small for date’ newborn infants.
• The protein and amino-acid requirements of the premature infant.
• Protein requirement of normal infants between 8 and 56 days of age.
• Protein status of ‘small for date’ animals.
• Infantile malnutrition: its production and effects.
• Session III Carbohydrate-Fat Metabolism.
• The development of insulin secretion in man.
• The development of glucagon secretion.
• Functional development in brown adipose tissue.
• The development of carbohydrate tolerance.
• Effect of undernutrition on intestinal active transport of sugar and aminoacids.
• Metabolism of carbohydrates and fat components in the premature and full-term newborn after infusions of triglycerides and glycerol.
• Carbohydrate metabolism in the newborn rat.
• Index of authors.
• Index of subjects.