Nutritional aspects of selenium

Thesis/Dissertation · Wed Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1986

OSTI ID:7160762

Choe, M

The overall objective of this project was to investigate the effect of protein and/or dietary fiber supplementation on selenium absorption and metabolism. These relationships might be of importance in determining either minimum selenium nutritional requirements or levels of intake at which this mineral becomes toxic. Three studies compose the project. The first study involved the controlled feeding of fifteen young adults mice. Subjects were fed a laboratory-controlled diet with and without supplements of selenium or selenium plus guar gum. Selenium supplementation resulted in increased selenium excretion in urine and feces. Supplementation of guar gum, as a dietary fiber, tended to increase fecal selenium excretion and to decrease selenium balance and glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) activity regardless of dietary selenium levels. In study II, seventy two weanling mice were fed varied levels of dietary selenium and protein. Numerically, urinary selenium excretion increased and fecal selenium excretion and selenium balance decreased with increased dietary protein level within the same level of dietary selenium; however, selenium absorption rate tended to decrease with increased dietary protein level. Whole blood and brain tissue glutathione peroxidase activities were higher in animals fed moderate protein level than those fed the other two protein levels. In study III, a survey was conducted to investigate the correlation between dietary fiber or protein intake and urinary selenium excretion. There was a negative correlation between dietary fiber and urinary selenium excretion levels while dietary protein and urinary selenium excretion were positively correlated.

• Research Organization: Nebraska Univ., Lincoln (USA)
• OSTI ID: 7160762
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
ABSORPTION
ANIMALS
BLOOD CHEMISTRY
BODY
BRAIN
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
DIET
ENZYME ACTIVITY
ENZYMES
INTESTINAL ABSORPTION
MAMMALS
METABOLISM
MICE
NERVOUS SYSTEM
NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY
ORGANS
OXIDOREDUCTASES
PEROXIDASES
RODENTS
SELENIUM COMPOUNDS
UPTAKE
VERTEBRATES