[Consumption of glucose under the influence of propranolol in human placentas perfused in vitro]

The consumption of glucose under the influence of various doses of propranolol in human placentas perfused in vitro was evaluated every 30 minutes during a two-hour perfusion. In the experiment the authors did not find a significant influence of propranolol on the level of the glucose consumption. The authors found a fourfold differentiation of glucose consumption between particular placentas. In the experiment these values differed from 2.63 mumol/g/h to 10.27 mumol/g/h.