How much caffeine crosses the placenta?
How much caffeine crosses the placenta? Caffeine passes the placental barrier freely; the fetus does not express the main enzymes that inactivate it [4,5], and caffeine metabolites have been found to accumulate in the fetal brain [6,7]. In 2005, a Scandinavian expert committee concluded that high caffeine intake may harm the fetus [5]. Generally, “caffeine […]
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