Relationships between various forms of maternal and fetal estrogens and gestagens demonstrate that the placental distribution of the reductase- or oxidoreductase-preferring isoforms is decisive for the reductive status of steroid metabolome in mother and

Abstract

The authors suggest that relationships between various forms of maternal and fetal estrogens and gestagens demonstrate that the placental distribution of the reductase- or oxidoreductase-preferring isoforms is decisive for the reductive status of steroid metabolome in mother and the oxidative one in the fetus

Keywords

• maternal and fetal estrogens
• gestagens
• placental distribution
• steroid metabolome
• mother
• fetus