Abstract
Amniotic fluid and venous blood specimens were obtained from 34 pregnant women and analyzed for the ascorbic acid concentration. The mean amniotic ascorbic acid concentration of smoking pregnant women was less than 50% of that of non-smoking women. Pregnant women who smoked had a significantly lower serum and amniotic fluid ascorbic acid concentration than those who did not smoke. No differences were observed between the groups with or without premature rupture of the fetal membrane. The results suggest that ascorbic acid in the amniotic fluid reflects the ascorbic acid status in the blood of pregnant women and smoking had a greater effect in decreasing the ascorbic acid concentration in amniotic fluid than in serum.
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