Assertion: placenta | /r/HasProperty | permeable
Facets:
value: very
type: DEGREE
value: to lipid-soluble fetotoxic substances
type: OTHER
value: to some viruses
type: OTHER
value: to other drugs
type: OTHER
value: to alcohol
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: The placenta is also highly permeable to glucose, but much less permeable to fructose and other common disaccharides.
text: The placenta is also very permeable to alcohol and other drugs and to some viruses.
text: The placenta is permeable to lipid-soluble fetotoxic substances: alcohol, nicotine, barbiturates, antibiotics, certain pathogens, and many other substances that can be dangerous or fatal to the developing embryo or fetus.