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Selenium (Se) is an essential trace element of fundamental importance to health, primarily due to its antioxidant activity. Selenium has chemoprotective, anti-inflammatory, and antiviral properties and is related to enhancing immunity, controlling gastrointestinal, and reducing age-related disorders. In this book, the authors present current research in the study of the sources, functions and health effects of selenium. Topics discussed include selenium biorhythms and hormonal regulation; the physiological role of selenium; selenium supplementation of diet effects on antioxidant activity and protects against antibiotic resistance and avian influenza in poultry; selenium in critical illness and tropical diseases; products of animal origin as a source of Se in the human diet; selenium in food materials and stress signaling and proapoptotic pathways induced by selenite in malignant coloncytes.

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Book category Books in English Mathematics & science Biology, life sciences Biochemistry

• Full title: Selenium
• Subtitle: Sources, Functions & Health Effects
• Author: Chinatsu Aomori, Megumi Hokkaido
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 287
• EAN: 9781619420618
• ISBN: 9781619420618
• ID: 06439124
• Publisher: Nova Science Publishers Inc
• Weight: 762 g
• Dimensions: 184 × 262 × 22 mm
• Date of publishing: 01. April 2012

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