There are no two main-group elements that exhibit more similar physical and chemical
properties than sulfur and selenium. Nonetheless, Nature has deemed both essential for life …

Selenium (Se) is a redox-active environmental mineral that is converted to only a small
number of metabolites and required for a relatively small number of mammalian enzymes …

Following a request from the European Commission, the EFSA Panel on Nutrition, Novel
Foods and Food Allergens (NDA) was asked to deliver a scientific opinion on the tolerable …

Oral intake of purified selenoneine and seafoods has been reported to result in selenoneine
accumulation in erythrocytes in mice and human. In addition, Se-methylselenoneine was …

Selenium is an essential trace element in human health and therefore its concentration in
biological samples (biofluids and tissues) is used as an indicator of health and nutritional …

Low molecular weight selenium containing metabolites in the leaves of the selenium
hyperaccumulator Cardamine violifolia (261 mg total Se per kg dw) were targeted in this …

Matrine (MT), an active ingredient derived from Sophor flavescens Ait, is used as a
therapeutic agent to treat liver disease and cancer. However, the serious toxic effects of MT …

Background: It has been proposed that interactions between selenium and arsenic in the
body may affect their kinetics and toxicity. However, it is unknown how the elements …

The inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICPMS) has been attracting increasing
attention for many applications as an element-selective chromatographic detector. A major …

Background Selenium is an essential element which shows protective properties against
diverse harmful factors. Lithium compounds are widely used in medicine, but, in spite of …