Selenium (Se), a dietary micronutrient, plays a vital role in cancer chemotherapy in many
organs including the liver. We have studied the relationship between some minerals, which …

The effect of differences in level of dietary selenium on the induction of esophageal and
bladder tumors in rats by two nitrosamines was investigated. Groups of 20 female F344 rats …

An inverse correlation between geographic distribution of liver cancer incidence and the
selenium (Se) contents of whole blood and grains was observed in Qidong county, Jiangsu …

Inhibition of Carcinogenesis There have been approximately 60 publications in the scientific
literature which have examined the effects of selenium as a chemopreventive agent [for …

Torula yeast diets deficient (≤ 0.02 ppm) in selenium (Se) and a control diet supplemented
with sodium selenite (0.1 ppm Se), were fed to 52 male Sprague-Dawley rats per diet for 23 …

The purpose of this study was to determine if the dietary antioxidant selenium could inhibit
hepatocarcinogenesis induced by peroxisome proliferators, which are hypothesized to …

Weaned male rats were fed a 4 ppm selenium diet. Compared after 2 mo with a control
group fed a 0.4 ppm diet, the rats' body weights had not significantly decreased and liver …

The effect of supplemental inorganic selenium given during the initiation or postinitiation
phase of colon carcinogenesis induced by azoxymethane [(AOM) CAS: 25843-45-2] was …

The inhibitory activity of short-term feeding of one of four concentrations of dietary selenium
against the induction of mammary gland carcinomas by 7, 12-dimethylbenz (a) anthracene …

Wistar-derived MRC rats were fed casein diets supplemented with 0.1 or 2.0 ppm selenium
as sodium selenite from 7 weeks of age. At 8 weeks, weekly injections (5 mg/kg body weight …