The importance of selenium biofortification in food crops

Current Nutrition and Food Science

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 181-190

  Garcia Bañuelos, Monica L ^a   Hermosillo Cereceres, Martha A ^a   Sánchez, Esteban ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN ALIMENTACIÓN Y DESARROLLO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Biofortification; Cancer; Glutathione peroxidase; Selenium; Selenocompounds; Selenocysteine; Selenomethionine; Selenoproteins; Speciation

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYL SELENIDE; SELENATE; SELENIDE; SELENITE; SELENIUM; SELENOAMINO ACID; SELENOCYSTEINE; SELENOMETHIONINE;

AGRONOMY; ARTICLE; ASTRAGALUS PLANT; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOFORTIFICATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BRASSICACEAE; CROP; DENSITY; HEALTH; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT; PLANT BREEDING; PLANT NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL;

EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 80054754280     PISSN: 15734013     EISSN: 15734013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157340111797264796     Document Type: Article

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