Life requires a wide variety of bioessential trace elements to act as structural components
and reactive centers in metalloenzymes. These requirements differ between organisms and …

Nutritional insufficiencies of omega-3 highly unsaturated fatty acids (HUFAs) may have
adverse effects on brain development and neurodevelopmental outcomes. A recent meta …

The human brain confronts two major challenges during its development:(i) meeting a very
high energy requirement, and (ii) reliably accessing an adequate dietary source of specific …

In recent years, decabromodiphenyl ethane (DBDPE), a new alternative flame retardant to
the decabrominated diphenyl ethers (BDE-209), is widely used in a variety of products …

Adequacy of iodine nutrition in the United States has lately been of concern. A major source
of dietary iodine for the US population is iodized salt. The US Food and Drug Administration …

A survey of the databanks Medline and Web of science identified studies dealing with
maternal and infant iodine nutrition during breast feeding. The iodine concentration of …

The authors hypothesize that dietary deficiency or excess of iodine (I) has an important role
in oral mucosa and in salivary glands physiology. Salivary glands derived from primitive I …

In thyrocytes, cell polarity is of crucial importance for proper thyroid function. Many intrinsic
mechanisms of self-regulation control how the key players involved in thyroid hormone (TH) …

It is hypothesized that dietary iodine deficiency is associated with the development of
mammary pathology and cancer. A review of the literature on this correlation and of the …

Iodide is an antioxidant, oxidant and thyroid hormone constituent. Selenoproteins are
needed for triiodothyronine synthesis, its deactivation and iodine release. They also protect …