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Serum Zinc Levels in Pregnant Women, under Oral Contraceptive Therapy and in Normal (Ovulating) Women
Author(s) -
Purwar Manorama B.,
Deshpande Asha S.,
Jawade Shashikala B.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
asia‐oceania journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.597
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1447-0756
pISSN - 0389-2328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1447-0756.1983.tb00613.x
Subject(s) - ovulation , medicine , zinc , pill , pregnancy , obstetrics , menstrual cycle , third trimester , menstruation , endocrinology , physiology , gynecology , gestation , chemistry , biology , hormone , organic chemistry , pharmacology , genetics
Serum Zinc levels were estimated by atomic absorption spectrophotometer in 15 women with normal menstrual cycles, in 15 women taking oral ovulation inhibitors, and in 25 women with normal pregnancy in third trimester. In normally menstruating women a significant increase in serum Zinc levels were observed at the time of ovulation i.e. from 0.586 μgm/ml to 0.840 μgm/ml. In women taking combined contraceptive pills (orlest) Zinc levels were lower and midcycle peak was missing. The serum Zinc levels was decreased during the third trimester of pregnancy to 0.289 μgm/ml.