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 …

Selenium (Se) is an essential trace element in the body. It is mainly used in the body in the
form of selenoproteins and has a variety of biological functions. Intestinal diseases caused …

Various rat and human tissues and cell lines naturally exposed to endogenous or
exogenous oxidative stress were examined for their pattern of selenoprotein transcripts …

This study aimed to evaluate how excess selenium induces oxidative stress by determining
antioxidant enzyme activity and changes in expression of selected selenoproteins in mice …

This review answers the question of why selenium is such an important trace element in the
human diet. Daily dietary intake of selenium and its content in various food products is …

Healthy cells continually produce low levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS), which are
buffered by multiple antioxidant systems. Imbalance between ROS production and …

The human body contains 25 selenoproteins, which contain in their sequence the twenty-
first encoded amino acid, selenocysteine. About a dozen of these proteins remain …

Several decades after the discovery of selenium as an essential trace element in vertebrates
approximately 20 eukaryotic and more than 15 prokaryotic selenoproteins containing the …

Selenium is an essential trace element in mammals. The major biological form of this
micronutrient is the amino acid selenocysteine, which is present in the active sites of …

Selenium (Se) is an essential trace element for animals and humans that is obtained from
dietary sources including cereals, grains and vegetables. The Se content of plants varies …