Serum Unsaponifiables Changes as an Indication of Different Pregnancy Periods and Abnormal Cases in Women
✍ Scribed by Farag, R. S. ;El-Aassar, S. T. ;Abdel-Rahim, E. A. ;Hewedi, F. M. ;Abdalla, A. F.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1983
- Weight
- 362 KB
- Volume
- 85
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0931-5985
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
Gas chromatographic profiles of serum unsaponifiables were analysed for 70 specimens representing non‐pregnant, pregnant at first, second and third trimesters, abortion and pre‐eclamptic patients. The analysis showed that the unsaponifiable matter of women's serum consisted of 8 different hydrocarbons and sterols with β‐sitosterol the most abundant substance. Quantitative differences in the unsaponifiable constituents of women's serum from nonpregnant, pregnant and abnormal cases were found. Therefore, an examination of unsaponifiable matter appears to provide a rapid and simple laboratory method for the prediction of gestation periods and to define the abnormal cases in women.