Identification and determination of selenoneine, 2-Selenyl-N α, N α, N α -Trimethyl-l-histidine, as the major organic selenium in blood cells in a fish-eating population on remote Japanese Islands

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 156, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages 36-44

  Yamashita, Michiaki ^a   Yamashita, Yumiko ^a   Ando, Tetsuo ^b   Wakamiya, Junji ^c   Akiba, Suminori ^b  

^a FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Meisuien Minamata Municipal Welfare Institute for Minamata Disease Patients   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Fish; Methylmercury; Red blood cells; Seafood; Selenium; Selenoneine

Indexed keywords

INORGANIC MERCURY; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; SELENIUM; SELENIUM DERIVATIVE; SELENONEINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CELL; CELL FRACTIONATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; FISH PRODUCTS; HISTIDINE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANOSELENIUM COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION;

EID: 84890803771     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: 15590720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12011-013-9846-x     Document Type: Article

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