Recent developments in selenium research

British Journal of Biomedical Science

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 107-116

  Taylor, D ^a   Dalton, C ^a   Hall, A ^a   Woodroofe, M N ^a   Gardiner, Philip H E ^a  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Selenium; Selenoproteins; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HOMOCYSTEINE; SELENIUM; SELENOPROTEIN; SULFUR; THIOREDOXIN REDUCTASE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROXINE DEIODINASE; TRACE ELEMENT;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG EXCRETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HORMONE METABOLISM; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; NEOPLASMS; SELENIUM; SELENOPROTEINS;

EID: 69249201139     PISSN: 09674845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09674845.2009.11730256     Document Type: Review

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