Journal
PLACENTA
Volume 60, Issue -, Pages 100-102Publisher
W B SAUNDERS CO LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2017.07.013
Keywords
Alternative health; Human placenta; Nutritional composition; Placentophagy
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Despite the vital and diverse roles of the placenta, remarkably little is known about its actual composition. Moreover, as placentophagy becomes increasingly popular, understanding the nutritional and heavy metal composition of the human placenta has practical implications. Here we evaluated the carbohydrate, sugar, protein, fat, cholesterol, vitamin, and heavy metal composition of the human placenta from uncomplicated singleton pregnancies and found that it contains a significant amount of cholesterol, protein, iron, and selenium, but no detectable levels of cadmium, arsenic, or mercury. (c) 2017 Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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