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The mutual influences of wheat selenium (Se) and n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 PUFA) on plasma Se and indicators of increased oxidative stress were investigated in a randomized, double-blind study with 31 women (23.5 +/- 3.4 yr).... more
Purpose: We explored the efficacy of selenium and/or or N-acetyl-cysteine for improving semen parameters in infertile men, and the associations among semen quality and the concentrations of selenium and N-acetyl-cysteine in seminal... more
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Single and double site mutants affecting the presumed catalytic centre of the selenoenzyme PHGPx were subjected to functional analysis. The rate constants k+1 and k'+2, for the oxidation and the regeneration of the ground state enzyme... more
Selenium (Se), an essential micronutrient, exerts its biological functions through selenoproteins. There are evidences that show Se to have an impact on the course and outcome of a number of etiologically inflammatory diseases.... more
This study investigates the antidiabetic and antioxidant potential of chitosan-encapsulated selenium nanoparticles in streptozotocin-induced diabetic model. Glibenclamide was used as a reference antidiabetic drug. Forty-eight adult male... more
The review on iron, iodine, zinc, selenium, copper, molybdenum, vitamin C, vitamin E, vitamin K, carotenoids and polyphenols recommendations for Venezuela comprise the definitions adopted worldwide known as Dietary Reference Intakes... more