THE NATURE AND IMPORTANCE OF SELENIUM METABOLITES IN THE ANIMAL
Although the toxicity of selenium has been known for several decades and its essentiality has been established for over one decade, very little is known concerning the organic forms of selenium occurring within animals and their functions. Dimethyl selenide has been shown to be an exhalation product from rats injected with selenate or selenite. Recently trimethylselenonium ion has been shown to be excreted in the urine of rats receiving selenite. The work reported here concerns the biological activity and metabolism of trimethylselenonium ion.
- Research Organization:
- South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD
- Sponsoring Organization:
- US Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)
- OSTI ID:
- 12512922
- Report Number(s):
- COO-1449--5
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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