Selenium : sources, functions, and health effects / Chinatsu Aomori and Megumi Hokkaido, editors
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- 出版： New York : Nova Science Publishers c2012
- 叢書名： Public health in the 21st century , Nutrition and diet research progress
- 主題： Selenium--pharmacology , Selenium--physiology
- ISBN： 9781619420618 (hbk.) :: US$140.00 、 1619420619(hbk.)
- 一般註：Includes bibliographical references and index
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- 系統號： 005193211 | 機讀編目格式
館藏資訊
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.