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This review covers current knowledge of selenium in the dietary intake, its bioavailability, metabolism, functions, biomarkers, supplementation and toxicity, as well as its relationship with diseases and gut microbiota specifically on the symbiotic ...
Karine Cavalcanti Maurício Sena-evangelista+1 more
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Myofibrillar protein as a structural protein with important biological functions in muscle, can form a gel alone or as the main part of a gel. The gelling mechanism and gel properties of MP have attracted much attention in meat science research.
Xuqin LÜ+5 more
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Biological Activity of Selenium and Its Impact on Human Health
Selenium (Se) is a naturally occurring metalloid element essential to human and animal health in trace amounts but it is harmful in excess. Se plays a substantial role in the functioning of the human organism. It is incorporated into selenoproteins, thus
G. Genchi+4 more
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Machine learning is of great value for the situation analysis and scientific prevention and control of soil heavy metal pollution risk. In this paper, taking the selenium rich area as the research object, the improved Genetic Algorithm (GA)–Back ...
Wei Zhou+12 more
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Selenium and Selenoproteins in Health
Selenium is a trace mineral that is essential for health. After being obtained from food and taken up by the liver, selenium performs various physiological functions in the body in the form of selenoproteins, which are best known for their redox activity
Fan Zhang, Xuelian Li, Yumiao Wei
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Scientific opinion on the tolerable upper intake level for selenium
Following a request from the European Commission, the EFSA Panel on Nutrition, Novel Foods and Food Allergens (NDA) was asked to deliver a scientific opinion on the tolerable upper intake level (UL) for selenium. Systematic reviews of the literature were
D. Turck+22 more
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Ginkgolide is a unique terpenoid natural compound in Ginkgo biloba, and it has an important medicinal value. Proper selenium has been reported to promote plant growth and development, and improve plant quality, stress resistance, and disease resistance ...
Linling Li+7 more
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The Role of Selenium in Pathologies: An Updated Review
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 human selenoproteins involved in a wide variety of essential biological functions,
G. Barchielli, A. Capperucci, D. Tanini
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Recent research progress on the synthesis and biological effects of selenium nanoparticles
Selenium is an essential trace element for the human body, with the chemical and physical characteristics of both metals and nonmetals. Selenium has bioactivities related to the immune system, antioxidation, anti-virus, and anti-cancer. At the same time,
Ting Zhang+5 more
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Cadmium (Cd) is a common agricultural soil pollutant, which does serious harm to the environment and the human body. In this study, Brassica juncea was treated with different concentrations of CdCl2 and Na2SeO3.
Linling Li+6 more
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