CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface V
3. Acknowledgements VIII
4. Selenium in Medicine and Biology IX
5. CONTENTS XI
6. SECTION I : SELENIUM INTAKE, METABOLISM AND HOMEOSTASIS
7. SELENIUM INTAKE BY PLANTS, ANIMALS, AND HUMANS 1
8. SELENIUM INTAKE OF THE SWISS POPULATION - PRELIMINARY RESULTS 11
9. SELENIUM IN FOOD AND NUTRITION IN FRANCE 15
10. SELENIUM IN WINE 23
11. SELENIUM METABOLISM 29
12. INTESTINAL ABSORPTION OF SELENIUM IN RATS: EFFECTS OF SEGMENTS AND AGE 51
13. STIMULATION OF INTESTINAL ABSORPTION OF SELENITE BY CYSTEINE AND GLUTATHIONE 55
14. TRANSPORT OF SELENOAMINO ACIDS ACROSS THE INTESTINAL BRUSH BORDER MEMBRANE (BBM) 59
15. KINETICS OF SODIUM SELENITE BY INTRAVENOUS INJECTION IN RABBITS : STUDY OF SELENIUM AND GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE IN PLASMA 63
16. RETENTION AND BIOLOGICAL HALF-LIFE OF (⁷⁵ Se)SELENOMETHIONINE IN FOUR PATIENTS WITH DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY 69
17. SELENIUM IN THE ANTERIOR PITUITARY AFTER A SINGLE INJECTION OF 75-SE L-SELENOMETHIONINE 75
18. SELENIUM METABOLISM AND AVAILABILITY IN RAINBOW TROUT 79
19. SELENIUM HOMEOSTASIS 83
20. EFFECTS OF CORTICOSTEROID TREATMENT ON SELENIUM STATUS IN MAN AND ANIMALS 93
21. Section II Biological functions of selenium
22. BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS OF SELENIUM 97
23. STUDY OF SELENIUM ANTIOXIDANT PROPERTIES ON LIPID PEROXIDATION: USE OF NMR AND ESR SPECTROSCOPIES 113
24. DIETARY FATS AND HEART LIPID PEROXIDATION STATUS 117
25. EFFECT OF SELENIUM SUPPLEMENTATION IN RAT DIET ON BLOOD PLASMA LIPID PARAMETERS 121
26. EFFECT OF SELENIUM INTAKE ON LIPID PEROXIDATION AND CARDIAC FUNCTIONS IN RATS 125
27. PROSTANOIDS MAY MEDIATE THE RADIOPROTECTIVE EFFECTS OF SELENIUM AND WR2721 129
28. SOME NEW ASPECTS OF THE PHYSIOLOGICAL ROLE OF SELENIUM : REGULATION OF GLUTATHIONE AND HYDROPEROXIDE METABOLISM 133
29. SECTION III: ASSESSMENT OF SELENIUM STATUS
30. BIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS FOR ASSESSING SELENIUM STATUS 137
31. SELENIUM CONCENTRATIONS IN HUMAN TISSUES 149
32. PROBLEMS AND NEW TRENDS IN SELENIUM DETERMINATION IN BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS 159
33. DIRECT ANALYSIS OF SELENIUM IN BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES (SERUM, ERYTHROCYTES) BY GRAPHITE FURNACE ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY (GFAAS) BY THE METHOD OF STANDARD ADDITIONS 171
34. DETERMINATION OF SELENIUM IN SERUM BY ELECTROTHERMAL ATOMIC SPECTROPHOTOMETRY 177
35. SELENIUM DETERMINATION IN DIFFERENT BIOLOGICAL FLUIDS BY STABLE ISOTOPE DILUTION GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY MASS SPECTROMETRY 181
36. DIRECT DETERMINATION CF SELENIUM IN HUMAN AND ANIMAL PIASMA BY ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY FLUORESCENCE 185
37. EXPRESSION OF URINARY SELENIUM LEVELS IN HUMANS 189
38. AN AUTOMATED METHOD (RANSEL KIT) FOR THE DETERMINATION OF GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE IN ERYTHROCYTE FROM HEALTHY ADULT PATIENTS 193
39. SECTION IV : SELENIUM IN HUMAN DISEASES
40. SELENIUM IN NEONATES AND CHILDREN 197
41. SELENIUM AT DELIVERY 207
42. SERUM SELENIUM LEVELS AND SELENIUM INTAKES IN NEWBORN 211
43. GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE ACTIVITY IN ERYTHROCYTES OF NEWBORNS FED MATERNAL OR FORMULA MILK 215
44. SELENIUM AND OXIDANT INJURY OF CYSTIC FIBROSIS CHILDREN 219
45. OXYGEN FREE RADICALS AND ANTIOXIDANTS 225
46. SELENIUM IN INFLAMMATION AND IMMUNITY 235
47. SELENIUM AND OTHER TRACE ELEMENTS IN PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS 247
48. SELENIUM AND CANCER 251
49. SELENIUM AND OTHER ANTI-OXIDANTS IN BREAST CANCER 263
50. SELENIUM AND CANCER IN CHILDREN (PRELIMINARY DATA) 267
51. BLOOD SELENIUM CONCENTRATION AND GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE ACTIVITY IN MALE PATIENTS WITH ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE 269
52. SERUM SELENIUM IN ALCOHOLIC DISEASES 273
53. PLASMA SELENIUM IN CARDIOMYOPATHY 277
54. IS NON OBSTRUCTIVE MYOCARDIOPATHY(NOMC)IN AIDS SELENIUM-DEFICIENCY-RELATED? 281
55. LIPID PEROXIDATION , RELATIONSHIP WITH SELENIUM AND GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE ACTIVITIES IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC RENAL FAILURE 283
56. BLOOD SELENIUM, GLUTATHION PEROXIDASE AND CADMIUM IN CHRONIC RENAL FAILURE PATIENTS 289
57. IMPLICATION OF SELENIUM AND GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE DEFICIENCY IN THE PATHOLOGY OF HEMODIALYZED PATIENTS 293
58. SECTION V : SELENIUM SUPPLEMENTATION AND TOXICITY
59. SELENIUM SUPPLEMENTATION IN HUMANS 297
60. A COMPARISON OF TEN SELENIUM SUPPLEMENTATION PRODUCTS 305
61. SELENIUM STATUS IN HUMANS AS INVESTIGATED BY THE EFFECTS OF SUPPLEMENTATION WITH Se-ENRICHED YEAST TABLETS 315
62. EFFECTS OF SELENIUM SUPPLEMENTATION WITH Se ENRICHED YEAST TABLETS ON HEPATIC, MUSCULAR, RENAL AND HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS IN HUMANS 321
63. SELENIUM CONTENT OF THE MINERAL WATER OF LA ROCHE POSAY. INTEREST FOR DIETARY SUPPLEMENTATION 325
64. ANTIOXIDANT SUPPLEMENTATION REDUCED SERUM LIPID PEROXIDES IN ELDERLY. A Randomized double-blind one-year study 329
65. SELENIUM AND VITAMIN E SUPPLEMENTATION IN CYSTIC FIBROSIS 333
66. PLASMA AND ERYTHROCYTE SELENIUM (Se), GLUTATHIONE PEROXYDASE (GSH-Px), MALONDIALDEHYDE (MDA) AND PLASMA LIPID HYDROPEROXIDES (LH) AS A FUNCTION OF Se SUPPLEMENTATION IN 12 TREATED PHENYLKETONURIC (PKU) CHILDREN 337
67. SELENIUM FERTILIZATION IN PRACTICE IN FINLAND 341
68. SELENIUM TOXICOLOGY 345
69. SELENIUM TOXICITY IN INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS PRESENT KNOWLEDGE 351
70. SECTION VI : SELENIUM IN ANIMALS
71. SELENIUM DEFICIENCY IN ANIMALS 357
72. WHOLE BLOOD AND PLASMA SELENIUM CONCENTRATIONS, ERYTHROCYTE AND PLASMA GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE ACTIVITIES IN DAMS AND LAMBS 369
73. PLASMA SELENIUM CONCENTRATION AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE ACTIVITY OF GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE AND SOME PLASMA ENZYMES (CREATINE KINASE, LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE, ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSPHERASE) OF FIGHTING BULLS KILLED DURING A BULLFIGHT 373
74. ALTERATIONS IN THE SEMEN QUALITY AND PLASMA ENZYMES IN BULLS. RELATION WITH SELENIUM DEFICIENCY 377
75. SELENIUM IN MARINE WADERS 381
76. EFFECT OF SELENIUM ON THE METABOLISM OF A NOVEL METHANOGEN 385
77. THE ADDITION OP SELENIUM TO FEEDSTUFFS AND THE LEGAL RESTRICTIONS RELATED TO THIS PRACTICE 389
78. TOXICOLOGY OF SELENIUM IN VETERINARY MEDICINE 393
79. LIST OF PARTICIPANTS 397
80. AUTHORS INDEX 407
81. SUBJECT INDEX 409
82. Backmatter 422