Elemental selenium at nano size (Nano-Se) as a potential chemopreventive agent with reduced risk of selenium toxicity: Comparison with se-methylselenocysteine in mice

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 22-31

  Zhang, Jinsong ^a   Wang, Xufang ^a   Xu, T Tongwen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Bioavailability; Glutathione S transferase; Nano Se; Se methylselenocysteine; Selenoenzymes; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; DNA; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALONALDEHYDE; SELENIUM; SELENOCYSTEINE; THIOREDOXIN REDUCTASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DNA MODIFICATION; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; RISK REDUCTION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SURVIVAL RATE; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CYSTEINE; ENZYMES; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; GROWTH; HEPATITIS, TOXIC; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; LETHAL DOSE 50; LIVER; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; NANOPARTICLES; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ORGANOSELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SELENIUM; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

MUS;

EID: 36949029432     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: 10960929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfm221     Document Type: Article

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