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Enhancing the selenium content of food products from animals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2017

B. R. Cottrill  and
D. I. Givens
B. R. Cottrill*
Affiliation:
Nutritional Sciences Research Unit, School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, University of Reading, Earley Gate, Reading RG6 6AT, U.K.
D. I. Givens
Affiliation:
Nutritional Sciences Research Unit, School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, University of Reading, Earley Gate, Reading RG6 6AT, U.K.
*
Email: bruce.cottrill@adas.co.uk
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Selenium (Se) was first recognised as an essential nutrient in 1957. Subsequent research has shown that Se, in the form of selenocysteine, is incorporated into a range of selenoproteins in the body, which are crucial to human and animal health. The best known of these is glutathione peroxidase (GPx), which is involved in protecting cell membranes from oxidative damage by free radicals. Other selenoproteins are essential in the functioning of the immune system, in thyroid hormone metabolism and in reproduction.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 2003 , 2003 , pp. 215
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2003

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