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Selenium in food and health [electronic resource] / Conor Reilly.

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The huge mass of writing on Selenium makes it very difficult for many to get a clear picture of what is known about the element and its role in human health. This book presents information in an easy-to-follow manner for readers to make an informed judgment about the competing claims for and against...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Springer)
Main Author: Reilly, Conor
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, N.Y. : Springer, 2006.
Edition:2nd ed.
Subjects:
Selenium > Physiological effect.
Selenium > Health aspects.
Selenium in agriculture.
Selenium in human nutrition.
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 1. Introduction
  • 1.1 The element selenium
  • 1.2 The discovery of selenium: the Swedish connection
  • 1.2.1 Predecessors of Berzelius
  • 1.3 Selenium chemistry
  • 1.3.1 Allotropic forms of selenium
  • 1.3.2 Physical properties of selenium
  • 1.3.3 Inorganic compounds of selenium
  • 1.3.4 Organo-selenium compounds
  • 1.3.5 Isotopes of selenium
  • 1.4 Distribution of selenium in the lithosphere
  • 1.4.1 Selenium in soil
  • 1.4.2 Selenium in water
  • 1.5 Sources and production of selenium
  • 1.6 Industrial and other applications of selenium
  • 1.7 Selenium analysis
  • 1.7.1 Sample preparation
  • 1.7.2 End-determination methods for selenium analysis
  • 1.7.3 Speciation analysis
  • 1.7.4 Analytical quality control
  • 2. The biology of selenium
  • 2.1 A belated recognition
  • 2.2 The biological role of selenium in prokaryotes
  • 2.3 Selenium in plants
  • 2.3.1 Selenium in higher plants
  • 2.3.2 Selenium metabolism in plants
  • 2.3.3 Selenium in food plants
  • 2.4 Selenium in animal tissues
  • 2.4.1 Absorption, transport, and excretion of selenium
  • 2.4.2 Enteric absorption of selenium
  • 2.4.3 Transport of selenium in the body
  • 2.4.4 Selenium distribution and retention in the human body
  • 2.4.5 Selenium levels in blood
  • 2.4.6 Selenium retention and excretion from the body
  • 2.4.7 Selenium pools and stores in the body
  • 3. Selenium metabolism
  • 3.1 The metabolic roles of selenium
  • 3.1.1 Selenoproteins
  • 3.2 Selenoprotein synthesis
  • 3.2.1 Selenocysteine: the 21st amino acid
  • 3.2.2 Selenoprotein synthesis in prokaryotes
  • 3.2.3 Selenoprotein synthesis in eukaryotes
  • 3.3 Regulation of selenoprotein expression
  • 3.3.1 Complexities of regulation of selenoprotein synthesis
  • 3.4 Selenium status
  • 3.4.1 Assessment of selenium status
  • 4. Selenium in health and disease I: The agricultural connection
  • 4.1 Selenium and agriculture
  • 4.2 Selenium toxicity in farm animals
  • 4.2.1 Alkali disease and blind staggers
  • 4.2.2 Selenosis in farm animals outside the USA
  • 4.3 The other face of selenium-an essential nutrient
  • 4.3.1 Selenium as an essential nutritional factor
  • 4.4 Selenium-responsive conditions in farm animals
  • 4.4.1 White muscle disease
  • 4.4.2 Exudative diathesis
  • 4.4.3 Hepatosis dietetica
  • 4.4.4 Pancreatic degeneration
  • 4.4.5 Ill thrift
  • 4.4.6 Impaired reproduction
  • 4.4.7 Impaired immune response
  • 4.5 Subclinical selenium deficiencies
  • 4.6 Selenium supplementation of livestock
  • 5. Selenium in health and disease II: Endemic selenium-related conditions in humans
  • 5.1 Selenium toxicity
  • 5.1.1 Selenium toxicity in humans in seleniferous regions of North America
  • 5.1.2 Human selenosis in Latin America
  • 5.1.3 Endemic selenosis in China
  • 5.1.4 Other consequences of large-scale selenium intake
  • 5.2 Endemic diseases related to selenium deficiency in humans
  • 5.2.1 Keshan disease
  • 5.2 &

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