PURPOSE: Epidemiological studies and a randomized intervention trial suggest that the risk
of prostate cancer may be reduced by selenium intake. We investigated whether plasma …

Interest in the chemopreventive effects of the trace element selenium has spanned the past
three decades. Of> 100 studies that have investigated the effects of selenium in carcinogen …

The number of COVID-19 patients is still growing exponentially worldwide due to the high
transmissibility of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Therapeutic agents currently under investigation …

It is now assumed that proper functioning of the thyroid gland (TG), beside iodine, requires
also a number of elements, including selenium, iron, zinc, copper, and calcium. In many …

The biological roles of selenium and its mode of action have only recently begun to be
revealed. To date, the major functions of selenium can be attributed to its antioxidative …

This review describes the non-nutritive biologically active components in grain legumes and
discusses about the bioactivity of phenols, isoflavones, phytosterols, phytic acid, saponins …

Selenium compounds have a long history in chemoprevention of mammary and colon
cancers in rodent models. Selenium compounds are in current clinical trials, having shown …

This review presents a brief account of the discovery, importance, and use of selenium.
Based in the importance of selenoproteins, their mechanism of reaction with the participation …

The Selenium and Vitamin E Cancer Prevention Trial (SELECT) randomized 35,533 healthy
men,> 55 yr old (> 50 yr if African American), with normal digital rectal exams and prostate …

Background: Subjects consuming protein-restricted diets, such as patients with
phenylketonuria (PKU) or milder hyperphenylalaninemias (HPAs) are at risk of selenium …