[HTML][HTML] Replacing dietary sodium selenite with biogenic selenium nanoparticles improves the growth performance and gut health of early-weaned piglets

L Qiao, X Dou, X Song, J Chang, X Zeng, L Zhu, H Yi… - Animal Nutrition, 2023 - Elsevier
Selenium nanoparticles (SeNPs) are proposed as a safer and more effective selenium
delivery system than sodium selenite (Na 2 SeO 3). Here, we investigated the effects of …

Joint biofortification of plants with selenium and iodine: new field of discoveries

N Golubkina, A Moldovan, H Kekina, V Kharchenko… - Plants, 2021 - mdpi.com
The essentiality of selenium (Se) and iodine (I) to human beings and the widespread areas
of selenium and iodine deficiency determine the high significance of functional food …

Selenoprotein P as biomarker of selenium status in clinical trials with therapeutic dosages of selenite

O Brodin, J Hackler, S Misra, S Wendt, Q Sun, E Laaf… - Nutrients, 2020 - mdpi.com
Selenoprotein P (SELENOP) is an established biomarker of selenium (Se) status. Serum
SELENOP becomes saturated with increasing Se intake, reaching maximal concentrations …

Comparison of different selenocompounds with respect to nutritional value vs. toxicity using liver cells in culture

CS Hoefig, K Renko, J Köhrle, M Birringer… - The Journal of nutritional …, 2011 - Elsevier
The essential micronutrient selenium (Se) exerts its biological effects mainly through
enzymatically active selenoproteins. Their biosynthesis depends on the 21st proteinogenic …

Selenium and at-risk pregnancy: Challenges and controversies

LH Duntas - Thyroid research, 2020 - Springer
Selenium (Se), an essential trace element, is inserted as selenocysteine into an array of
functional proteins and forms the core of various enzymes that play a cardinal role in …

[PDF][PDF] Main trends in application of novel natural additives for food production.

O Stabnikova, A Marinin, V Stabnikov - Ukrainian Food Journal, 2021 - dspace.nuft.edu.ua
Introduction. The review considered the major novel natural additives for food products.
Materials and methods. Analysis of scientific knowledge about novel natural additives for …

Selenium-containing polysaccharides—Structural diversity, biosynthesis, chemical modifications and biological activity

S Górska, A Maksymiuk, J Turło - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Selenosugars are a group of sugar derivatives of great structural diversity (eg, molar
masses, selenium oxidation state, and selenium binding), obtained as a result of …

The chronic autoimmune thyroiditis quality of life selenium trial (CATALYST): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

KH Winther, T Watt, JB Bjørner, P Cramon… - Trials, 2014 - Springer
Background Patients with chronic autoimmune thyroiditis have impaired health-related
quality of life. The thyroid gland has a high selenium concentration, and specific …

Severe selenium deficits in pregnant women irrespective of autoimmune thyroid disease in an area with marginal selenium intake

U Ambroziak, S Hybsier, U Shahnazaryan… - Journal of Trace …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Objectives Selenium (Se) deficiency is related to an increased risk of preterm labor,
miscarriage, preeclampsia, gestational diabetes, and other obstetric complications. As the …

Conversion of dehydroepiandrosterone to downstream steroid hormones in macrophages

M Schmidt, M Kreutz, G Loffler… - Journal of …, 2000 - joe.bioscientifica.com
A dramatic late-gestation increase in fetal plasma cortisol concentrations is critical for the
timing of parturition in the sheep. This increase appears to depend upon an intact …