This review traces the discoveries that led to the recognition of selenium (Se) as an essential
nutrient and discusses Se-responsive diseases in animals and humans in the context of …

BACKGROUND: The amino acid selenocysteine (Sec) is the major biological form of the
trace element selenium. Sec is co-translationally incorporated in selenoproteins. There are …

Selenium (Se) is an essential trace element for humans, plants and microorganisms.
Inorganic selenium is present in nature in four oxidation states: selenate, selenite, elemental …

Some selenium-dependent biochemical processes Page 11 SOME SELENIUM-DEPENDENT
BIOCHEMICAL PROCESSES By THRESSA C. STADTMAN, Bethesda, Maryland 1 2 4 6 6 …

The biochemistry and pharmacology of selenium is a subject of intense current interest,
particularly from the viewpoint of public health. Selenium, long recognised as a dietary …

Selenium is a micronutrient that is essential for the proper functioning of all organisms.
Studies on the functions of selenium are rapidly developing. This element is a cofactor of …

A novel selenium form, nano red elemental selenium (Nano-Se) was prepared by adding
bovine serum albumin to the redox system of selenite and glutathione. Nano-Se has a 7-fold …

Next year (2017), the micronutrient Selenium (Se) is celebrating its birthday—ie, 200 years
after first being identified by the Swedish chemist Jöns Jakob Berzelius. Despite its …

Despite its very low level in humans, selenium plays an important and unique role among
the (semi) metal trace essential elements because it is the only one for which incorporation …

Selenium, molecular weight 78.96, resembles sulfur in many of its chemical properties and
occurs in inorganic forms as H2Se, H2Se2O3, H2SeO3, and H2SeO4 which are the …