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 …

Selenium is an essential mineral naturally found in soil, water, and some of the food. As an
antioxidant, it is one of the necessary trace elements in human body and has been …

The trace element selenium (Se) is capable of exerting multiple actions on endocrine
systems by modifying the expression of at least 30 selenoproteins, many of which have …

Whereas selenium was found to act as an insulin mimic and to be antidiabetic in earlier
studies, recent animal experiments and human trials have shown an unexpected risk of …

Controversy has arisen among the public and in the media regarding the health effects of
fish intake in adults. Substantial evidence indicates that fish consumption reduces coronary …

Selenium was considered a toxin until 1957, when this mineral was shown to be essential in
the prevention of necrotic liver damage in rats. The hypothesis of selenium chemoprevention …

Cardiac dysfunction occurs during type 1 and type 2 diabetes and results from multiple
parameters including glucotoxicity, lipotoxicity, fibrosis and mitochondrial uncoupling …

Cardiovascular dysfunction is leading cause for the mortality of diabetic individuals, in part
due to a specific cardiomyopathy, and due to altered endothelial dependent/independent …

Intracellular free zinc concentration ([Zn2+] i) is very important for cell functions, and its
excessive accumulation is cytotoxic.[Zn2+] i can increase rapidly in cardiomyocytes because …

Since selenium compounds can restore some metabolic parameters and structural
alterations of diabetic rat heart, we were tempted to investigate whether these beneficial …