Organoselenium compounds have found such wide utility because of their effects on an
extraordinary number of very different reactions, including many carbon-carbon bond …

The advance in the area of synthesis and reactivity of organoselenium, as well as the
discovery that selenium was the cause of severe intoxication episodes of livestock in the …

In this review, we summarized the potential role of synthetic organoseleno compounds as
therapeutic or toxic agents, giving emphasis almost exclusively to diphenyl diselenide, the …

Background Several plants traditionally used in treatment of a variety of infections in South
Africa are reported in ethnobotanical surveys. Many of these plants including Ziziphus …

Alkynylselenoalcohol compounds were screened for in vitro antioxidant activity.
Alkynylselenoalcohols (2a–2d) were tested against lipid and protein oxidation induced by …

Organodiselenides are an important class of compounds characterized by the presence of
two adjacent covalently bonded selenium nuclei. Among them, diaryldiselenides and their …

Excess production of superoxide (O2−) and nitric oxide (NO) in blood vessel walls may
occur early in atherogenesis leading to the formation of peroxynitrite, a strong oxidant and …

Leishmaniasis is an endemic disease caused by obligate intracellular protozoa of the genus
Leishmania prevalent in the Americas, Africa, and Asia. Therapeutic options are limited for …

Ebselen (Ebs) and diphenyl diselenide [(PhSe) 2] readily oxidize thiol groups. Here we
studied mitochondrial swelling changes in mitochondrial potential (Δψm), NAD (P) H …

The use of medicinal plants in the management of diabetes mellitus (DM) is extensively
reported. However, there is still very limited information on the role of these plants as …