on the basis of these and earlier observations , it is concluded that the accumulation of triglycerides in liver and blood plasma of fetal guinea pigs during late gestation is at least partly the result of the large uptake of maternally derived free fatty acids by the fetal liver accompanied by rapid synthesis and secretion of triglyceride-rich very low density lipoproteins into the blood .
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