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Selenium in Human Health and Gut Microflora: Bioavailability of Selenocompounds and Relationship With Diseases

open access: yesFrontiers in Nutrition, 2021
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
exaly   +2 more sources

Research Progress in Regulation of the Gel Properties of Myofibrillar Protein Based on Polysaccharides

open access: yesShipin gongye ke-ji, 2022
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
doaj   +1 more source

Biological Activity of Selenium and Its Impact on Human Health

open access: yesInternational Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023
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
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Risk assessment of cadmium pollution in selenium rich areas based on machine learning in the context of carbon emission reduction

open access: yesFrontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022
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
doaj   +1 more source

Selenium and Selenoproteins in Health

open access: yesBiomolecules, 2023
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
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Scientific opinion on the tolerable upper intake level for selenium

open access: yesEFSA journal. European Food Safety Authority, 2023
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
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Treatment of Ginkgo biloba with Exogenous Sodium Selenite Affects Its Physiological Growth, Changes Its Phytohormones, and Synthesizes Its Terpene Lactones

open access: yesMolecules, 2022
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
doaj   +1 more source

The Role of Selenium in Pathologies: An Updated Review

open access: yesAntioxidants, 2022
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
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Recent research progress on the synthesis and biological effects of selenium nanoparticles

open access: yesFrontiers in Nutrition, 2023
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
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Morphological and Physiological Indicators and Transcriptome Analyses Reveal the Mechanism of Selenium Multilevel Mitigation of Cadmium Damage in Brassica juncea

open access: yesPlants, 2023
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
doaj   +1 more source

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