Selenium in Food
and Health
by Conor Reilly
Studies of selenium cover many disciplines--food agriculture, medicine--which have all produced literature exclusive to that particular area.
Selenium in Food and Health brings together information from this wide range of
disciplines to provide a comprehensive review of the role of selenium. The emphasis is on
selenium as a food component and nutrient but its biological significance and environmental
impact is also addressed.
Contents
Introduction
- The discovery of selenium
- The chemistry and physics of selenium
- Sources of selenium
- Production of selenium
- Industrial and other applications of selenium
- Determination of selenium in biological and other samples
- Quality control
Biological Roles of Selenium
- Origins of selenium in food and the human diet
- Selenium in soil and water
- Selenium in plants
- Selenium in animal tissues
- Selenium pools and stores in the body
- Practical significance of selenium turnover
- Selenium metabolism
- The selenoproteins
- Other end-products of selenium metabolism
- Selenium metabolism in outline
- Selenoprotein synthesis
- Selenium-binding proteins: sselenomethionine incorporation
- The individual selenoproteins
- Overview of the selenoproteins
- Regulation of selenoproteins by selenium status
- Selenium status
Selenium in Health and Disease I: The Agricultural Connection
- Origins of selenium in food and the human diet
- Selenium and agriculture
- Selenosis in farm animals
- The other face of selenium - an essential nutrient
- Selenium-responsive conditionss in animals
- Subclinical selenium deficiencies
- Control of selenium deficiency in livestock
- Selenium application in fertilizers
- Free access methods of selenium supplementation
- Dietary supplements
- Direct administration of selenium to animals
- Implications of selenium supplementation in livestock
Selenium in Health and Disease II: Endemic Selenium-Related Illness in Humans
- Selenium toxicity
- Endemic diseases related to selenium deficiency in humans
- Kaschin-Beck disease
Selenium in Health and Disease III: Non-Endemic Selenium-Responsive Conditions
- Non-endemic selenium deficiency
- Other iatrogenic selenium deficiencies
- Selenium deficiency and iodine deficiency disorders: possible connections
- Selenium and cancer
Selenium in Health and Disease IV: Selenium and the Immune Response
- Selenium and the immune response
- Selenium and other deseases
- An ongoing investigation
Selenium in Food
- The inorganic components of food
- Non-nutritive aspects of selenium in foods
- Bioavailability of selenium in foods
Selenium in Diets
- Selenium dietary intake data
- Interventions to change dietary intakes of selenium
- Self-selected oral supplementation with selenium
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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