Selenium in Medicine and Biology

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Selenium in Medicine and Biology -- CONTENTS -- SECTION I : SELENIUM INTAKE, METABOLISM AND HOMEOSTASIS -- SELENIUM INTAKE BY PLANTS, ANIMALS, AND HUMANS / Gissel-Nielsen, Gunnar -- SELENIUM INTAKE OF THE SWISS POPULATION - PRELIMINARY RESULTS / Zimmerli, B. / Wyttenbach, A. -- SELENIUM IN FOOD AND NUTRITION IN FRANCE / Simonoff, M. / Moretto, P. / Simonoff, G. / Conri, C. / Cornaille, B. / Fleury, B. / Ducloux, Y. -- SELENIUM IN WINE / Eschnauer, H. / Alt, F. / Messerschmidt, J. / Tölg, G. -- SELENIUM METABOLISM / Favier, A. -- INTESTINAL ABSORPTION OF SELENIUM IN RATS: EFFECTS OF SEGMENTS AND AGE / Ciappellano, S. / Porrini, M. / Brighenti, F. / Testolin, G. -- STIMULATION OF INTESTINAL ABSORPTION OF SELENITE BY CYSTEINE AND GLUTATHIONE / Scharrer, E. / Würmli, R. / Wolffram, S. -- TRANSPORT OF SELENOAMINO ACIDS ACROSS THE INTESTINAL BRUSH BORDER MEMBRANE (BBM) / Wolffram, S. / Berger, B. / Scharrer, E. -- KINETICS OF SODIUM SELENITE BY INTRAVENOUS INJECTION IN RABBITS : STUDY OF SELENIUM AND GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE IN PLASMA / Guillard, O. / Bouquet, S. / Tallineau, C. / Pirion, A. / Courtois, P. -- RETENTION AND BIOLOGICAL HALF-LIFE OF (75 Se)SELENOMETHIONINE IN FOUR PATIENTS WITH DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY / Westermarck, T. / Rahola, T. / Puhakainen, M. / Lappalainen, R. / Louhimo, T. -- SELENIUM IN THE ANTERIOR PITUITARY AFTER A SINGLE INJECTION OF 75-SE L-SELENOMETHIONINE / Grønbæk, H. / Thorlacius-Ussing, O. -- SELENIUM METABOLISM AND AVAILABILITY IN RAINBOW TROUT / Gissel Nielsen, Mogens -- SELENIUM HOMEOSTASIS / Behne, Dietrich -- EFFECTS OF CORTICOSTEROID TREATMENT ON SELENIUM STATUS IN MAN AND ANIMALS / Peretz, A. / Neve, J. / Fontaine, J. / Vertongen, F. / Famaey, J. P. -- Section II Biological functions of selenium -- BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS OF SELENIUM / Nève, J. -- STUDY OF SELENIUM ANTIOXIDANT PROPERTIES ON LIPID PEROXIDATION: USE OF NMR AND ESR SPECTROSCOPIES / Nepveu, F. / Massol, M. / Capul, C. / Derache, P. -- DIETARY FATS AND HEART LIPID PEROXIDATION STATUS / Nalbone, G. / Termine, E. / Leonardi, J. / Lechene, J. / Chautant, M. / Lafont, H. -- EFFECT OF SELENIUM SUPPLEMENTATION IN RAT DIET ON BLOOD PLASMA LIPID PARAMETERS / Crespo, A. M. / Pinto, R. E. -- EFFECT OF SELENIUM INTAKE ON LIPID PEROXIDATION AND CARDIAC FUNCTIONS IN RATS / Koukay, N. / Richard, M. J. / Favier, A. / Mouhieddine, S. / De Leiris, J. -- PROSTANOIDS MAY MEDIATE THE RADIOPROTECTIVE EFFECTS OF SELENIUM AND WR2721 / Bienvenu, P. / Herodin, F. / Fatome, M. / Kergonou, J. F. -- SOME NEW ASPECTS OF THE PHYSIOLOGICAL ROLE OF SELENIUM : REGULATION OF GLUTATHIONE AND HYDROPEROXIDE METABOLISM / Narayanaswami, Vasanthy / Norden, K. Lalitha -- SECTION III: ASSESSMENT OF SELENIUM STATUS -- BIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS FOR ASSESSING SELENIUM STATUS / Nève, J. -- SELENIUM CONCENTRATIONS IN HUMAN TISSUES / Aaseth, J. / Thomassen, Y. -- PROBLEMS AND NEW TRENDS IN SELENIUM DETERMINATION IN BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS / Chappuis, P. / Paolaggi, F. / Rousselet, F. / Faugeron, C. -- DIRECT ANALYSIS OF SELENIUM IN BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES (SERUM, ERYTHROCYTES) BY GRAPHITE FURNACE ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY (GFAAS) BY THE METHOD OF STANDARD ADDITIONS / Chariot, C. / Rieu, D. / Castel, J. -- DETERMINATION OF SELENIUM IN SERUM BY ELECTROTHERMAL ATOMIC SPECTROPHOTOMETRY / Moynier, I. / Bourret, E. / Bardet, L. / Fussellier, M. -- SELENIUM DETERMINATION IN DIFFERENT BIOLOGICAL FLUIDS BY STABLE ISOTOPE DILUTION GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY MASS SPECTROMETRY / Ducros, V. / Ruffieux, D. / Belin, N. / Favier, A. -- DIRECT DETERMINATION CF SELENIUM IN HUMAN AND ANIMAL PIASMA BY ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY FLUORESCENCE / Maier, E. A. / Rastegar, F. / Ruch, C. / Heimburger, R. / Christophe, C. / Leroy, M. J. F. -- EXPRESSION OF URINARY SELENIUM LEVELS IN HUMANS / Nève, J. / Peretz, A. -- AN AUTOMATED METHOD (RANSEL KIT) FOR THE DETERMINATION OF GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE IN ERYTHROCYTE FROM HEALTHY ADULT PATIENTS / Thérond, P. / Marchand, M. / Biou, D. /