Selenium level and glutathione peroxidase activity in plasma, erythrocytes and platelets of healthy Japanese volunteers

Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 497-504

  Matsuda, Akihiko ^a,b   Kimura, Mieko ^a   Itokawa, Yoshinori ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SANOFI   (France)

Author keywords

Erythrocytes; Glutathione peroxidase; Plasma; Platelets; Selenium

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; SELENIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD COMPONENT; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PLASMA; THROMBOCYTE; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 0030812624     PISSN: 03014800     EISSN: 18817742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3177/jnsv.43.497     Document Type: Article

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