Methylation and demethylation of intermediates selenide and methylselenol in the metabolism of selenium

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 226, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 169-177

  Ohta, Yuki ^a   Suzuki, Kazuo T ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Demethylation; Dimethylselenide; Dimethylselenoxide; Methylation; Methylseleninic acid; Methylselenocysteine; Methylselenol; Methyltransferase; Selenide; Selenium; Trimethylselenonium

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE DERIVATIVE; GLUTATHIONE; ISOTOPE; METHYLSELENOL; SELENIDE; SELENIUM; SELENOPROTEIN; SELENOSUGAR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMETHYLATION; IN VITRO STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; MALE; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ANIMALS; GLUTATHIONE; ISOTOPES; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; METHYLATION; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; ORGANOSELENIUM COMPOUNDS; OXIDES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SELENIOUS ACID; SELENIUM; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS;

RATTUS;

EID: 37349046686     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: 10960333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2007.09.011     Document Type: Article

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