Selenium

Known as: Se, Se element, Selenium [Chemical/Ingredient] 
A nonmetallic chemical element found in trace amounts in human body. Selenium primarily occurs in vivo as selenocompounds, mostly selenoproteins such… (More)
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AntioxidantsElementsMetals, HeavyTrace Elements
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Protecton Zellaktivcopper gallium diselenidecopper indium diselenidegallium selenide
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2012
Review
2012
Selenium and human health
Selenium is incorporated into selenoproteins that have a wide range of pleiotropic effects, ranging from antioxidant and anti… (More)
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2005
Review
2005
Selenium and endocrine systems.
The trace element selenium (Se) is capable of exerting multiple actions on endocrine systems by modifying the expression of at… (More)
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2001
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2001
Selenium in global food systems.
Food systems need to produce enough of the essential trace element Se to provide regular adult intakes of at least 40 microg/d to… (More)
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2001
Review
2001
Mammalian selenium-containing proteins.
Mammalian selenium-containing proteins can be divided into three groups: proteins containing nonspecifically incorporated… (More)
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Review
2000
Review
2000
The importance of selenium to human health
The essential trace mineral, selenium, is of fundamental importance to human health. As a constituent of selenoproteins, selenium… (More)
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2000
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2000
Anticarcinogenic effects of selenium
Selenium (Se) exerts its anticarcinogenic effects by multiple mechanisms. In the physiological dosage range, Se appears to… (More)
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Review
1999
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1999
Selenium metabolism, selenoproteins and mechanisms of cancer prevention: complexities with thioredoxin reductase.
Numerous studies in animal models and more recent studies in humans have demonstrated cancer chemopreventive effects with Se… (More)
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Review
1999
Review
1999
Bacterial respiration of arsenic and selenium.
Oxyanions of arsenic and selenium can be used in microbial anaerobic respiration as terminal electron acceptors. The detection of… (More)
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Review
1974
Review
1974
Selenium biochemistry.
The toxicity of selenium to animals and plants has been known and extensively documented since the 1930's, but it is only during… (More)
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Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
Selenium: biochemical role as a component of glutathione peroxidase.
When hemolyzates from erythrocytes of selenium-deficient rats were incubated in vitro in the presence of ascorbate or H(2)O(2… (More)
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