Dietary selenium fortification: A potential solution to chronic arsenic toxicity

Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 94, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1453-1465

  Sah, Shweta ^a   Smits, Judit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

arsenicosis; dietary selenium; mitigating arsenic toxicity; selenium antagonism of arsenic; selenium arsenic interaction

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIOXIDANT STATUS; ARSENIC TOXICITY; ARSENICOSIS; BLOOD SAMPLES; BODY WEIGHT; GLUTATHIONES; KEYHOLE LIMPET HEMOCYANINS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALONDIALDEHYDE; POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS; PROTECTIVE EFFECTS; SECONDARY ANTIBODIES; SELENIUM-ARSENIC INTERACTION; SULFHYDRYL; WATER CONSUMPTION; WHOLE BLOOD; WISTAR RAT;

ALDEHYDES; ANTIBODIES; ARSENIC; BLOOD; LIPIDS; MILITARY ENGINEERING; NUTRITION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER SUPPLY;

TOXICITY;

ANTIBODY; ANTIOXIDANT; ARSENIC; BLOOD; DAMAGE; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; LIPID; MAMMAL; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SELENIUM; TOXICITY;

MAMMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 84864555446     PISSN: 02772248     EISSN: 10290486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02772248.2012.701104     Document Type: Article

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