The Journal of nutrition
Maternal Sucrose Intake during Pregnancy Alone Disrupts Testosterone and Allopregnanolone Levels in the Fetal Brain of Rats.
Minseon M Jung, Marwa Idrissi, Yen-Nhi Hoang, Tao Huan, Désirée R Seib, Kiran K Soma
Published: 202510.1016/j.tjnut.2025.101267
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Intake of added sugars, such as sucrose, is high globally. In rats, a maternal high-sucrose diet (HSD) from 10 wk before pregnancy to embryonic day (E)19.5 has widespread impacts on maternal, placental, and fetal blood and brain steroid l…
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