Abstract
1.1. The in vitro effect of adrenaline upon human placental metabolism has been studied in fresh slices of placental tissue at different stages of gestation.2.2. The hormone increased placental lactate production by approximately the same amount in early and term placentas.3.3. Adrenaline effect was reduced in two placentas associated with intrauterine death.4.4. It is concluded that in the present experimental conditions metabolic responses in the human placenta resemble those in skeletal muscle more than liver.
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