Selenium, the element of the moon, in life on earth

IUBMB Life

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 411-420

  Flohé, Leopold ^a   Andreesen, Jan R ^b   Brigelius Flohé, Regina ^c   Maiorino, Matilde ^d   Ursini, Fulvio ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^c GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antioxidant defense; Atherogenesis; Fertility; Oncogenesis; Redox regulation; Selenoenzymes; Selenoprotein biosynthesis; Thyroid hormones

Indexed keywords

SELENIUM;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ATHEROGENESIS; CARCINOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REVIEW; SPERMATOGENESIS; THYROID FUNCTION;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0033935882     PISSN: 15216543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/152165400410263     Document Type: Review

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