The second edition of Selenium in Food and Health covers the new information that has been published over the past decade, by investigators from a wide range of specialties.
Selenium in Food and Health, 2nd edition presents information in an easy-to-follow manner for the general reader who wants to make an informed judgement about the competing claims for and against the value of selenium as a nutritional supplement, and for professionals who want to keep abreast of the latest findings about its potential role in the management of human health.
Contents
Introduction
- The element selenium
- The discovery of selenium
- Selenium chemistry
- Distribution of selenium in the lithosphere
- Sources and production of selenium
- Industrial and other applications of selenium
- Selenium analysis
The Biology of Selenium
- A belated recognition
- The biological role of selenium in prokaryotes
- Selenium in plants
- Selenium in animal tissues
Selenium Metabolism
- The metabolic roles of selenium
- Selenoprotein synthesis
- Regulation of seloprotein expression
- Selenium status
Selenium in Health and Disease I: The Agricultural Connection
- Selenium and agriculture
- Selenium toxicity in farm animals
- The other face of selenium - an essential nutrient
- Selenium-responsive conditions in animals
- Selenium supplementation of livestock
Selenium in Health and Disease II: Endemic Selenium-Related Conditions in Humans
- Selenium toxicity
- Endemic diseases related to selenium deficiency in humans
- Kaschin-Beck disease
- Combined endemic selenium and iodine deficiencies
Selenium in Health and Disease III: Non-Endemic Selenium-Responsive Conditions, Cancer, and Coronary Vascular Disease
- Non-endemic selenium deficiency
- Other iatrogenic selenium deficiencies
- Selenium and cancer
- The carcinostatic properties of selenium compounds
- Selenium and cardiovascular disease
Selenium in Health and Disease IV: The Immune Response and other Selenium-Related Conditions
- The immune system
- Selenium and viral infections
- Selenium and human fertility
- Selenium and preeclampsia
Selenium in health and Disease V: Selenium Deficiency in Search of a Disease?
- Selenium and other health conditions
- Selenium and aging
- Selnium and age-related degenerative disorders of the eye
- Sudden infant death dyndrome
- Selenium and brain function
- Other possible selenium-related conditions
- Other health conditions and selenium
Selenium in Foods
- Selenium in food
- Selenium levels in individual foodstuffs
- Selenium in drinking water
Selenium in Diets
- Selenium status and dietary intakes
- Dietary intakes of selenium in different coutnries
- Variations in dietary intakes between countries
- Changes in dietary intakes of selenium
- Use of dietary supplements to change selenium intake
- Enhancing selenium content of foods
- Dietary reference values for selenium
- The future—is supplementation the way forward?
Selenium in the Environment
- Metals and metalloids in the environment
- Environmental contamination with selenium caused by industrial activities
- Detoxification of selenium-contaminated soils by bacteria
- Selenium in water systems: its mercury detoxification role
- Selenium in the workplace environment
Index
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