This review covers current knowledge of selenium in the environment, dietary intakes,
metabolism and status, functions in the body, thyroid hormone metabolism, antioxidant …

Selenium is an essential trace element involved in several key metabolic activities via
selenoproteins, enzymes that are essential to protect against oxidative damage and to …

Background: To understand the effect of selenium intake on health, it is important to identify
sensitive and population-specific biomarkers of selenium status. Objective: The objective of …

Selenium functions as a part of proteins known as selenoproteins. Through these
selenoproteins, selenium functions as a defensive mechanism for oxidative stress, for the …

Selenium (Se), in the form of selenoproteins, is an essential micronutrient that plays an
important role in human health and disease. To date, there are at least 25 selenoproteins in …

In humans, selenium was hypothesized to lower the risk of several chronic diseases, mainly
due to the antioxidant activity of selenium-containing proteins. Recent epidemiologic and …

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 …

Use of selenium enriched foods, supplements and fertilizers has increased markedly in
recent years in the US and other Western countries because of the perception that the anti …

Selenium (Se) is an essential trace element, and its low status in humans has been linked to
increased risk of various diseases, such as cancer and heart disease. In recent years, Se …

Selenium is an essential microelement required for a number of biological functions.
Selenium—and more specifically the amino acid selenocysteine—is present in at least 25 …