Proceedings of the Korean Society of Toxicology Conference (한국독성학회:학술대회논문집)
- 2001.10a
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- Pages.10-10
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- 2001
ANTIMUTAGENIC STUDY OF SELENIUM COMPOUNDS
- Bronzetti, Giorgio (Institute of Mutagenesis, Depart. of Mutagenesis and Ecotoxicity Research Area CNR) ;
- Leonardo Caltavuturo, Marco Cini (Institute of Mutagenesis, Depart. of Mutagenesis and Ecotoxicity Research Area CNR) ;
- Croce, Clara Della (Institute of Mutagenesis, Depart. of Mutagenesis and Ecotoxicity Research Area CNR)
- Published : 2001.10.01
Abstract
Selenium is an essential nutritional element for several animal species and human. It has been also seen, that low levels of selenium in the diet can cause many diseases. This metalloid was defined like a "double face" element because it possesses antioxidant, antimutagen, anticarcinogen but also mutagenic and carcinogenic effects. The most important metabolic role of selenium in the animal species is its presence in the Glutathione Peroxidase(GSH-Px). (omitted)
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