Selenium in human and animal nutrition: Resolved and unresolved issues. A partly historical treatise in commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the discovery of the biological essentiality of selenium, dedicated to the memory of Klaus Schwarz (19141978) on the occasion of the thirtieth anniversary of his death

Critical Reviews in Biotechnology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 2-9

  Schrauzer, Gerhard N ^a,b   Surai, Peter F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Biological Trace Element Research Institute   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discovery of its essentiality; Selenium; Selenium deficiency selenium requirement; Selenium yeast; Selenomethionine; Sodium selenite

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL FEED; CHEMICAL FORMS; DISCOVERY OF ITS ESSENTIALITY; EARTH'S CRUST; ECOLOGICAL PROBLEM; GRAIN CROPS; HEALTH BENEFITS; RECOMMENDED DIETARY ALLOWANCES; SCHWARZ; SELENIUM DEFICIENCY SELENIUM REQUIREMENT; SELENOMETHIONINE; SODIUM SELENITE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SODIUM; TRACE ELEMENTS; YEAST;

SELENIUM;

FOOD ADDITIVE; SELENATE; SELENIUM; SELENOMETHIONINE; SODIUM SELENITE; SELENIUM DERIVATIVE;

AMINO ACID DEFICIENCY; ANIMAL FOOD; CANCER RISK; CROP PRODUCTION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SELENIUM DEFICIENCY; SELENOMETHIONINE DEFICIENCY; ANIMAL; DIET; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HISTORY; METABOLISM; NEOPLASM; NUTRITION;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SELENIUM; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 70349257750     PISSN: 07388551     EISSN: 15497801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07388550902728261     Document Type: Review

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