Retention and Distribution by Healthy Young Men of Stable Isotopes of Selenium Consumed as Selenite, Selenate or Hydroponically-Grown Broccoli Are Dependent on the Isotopic Form

• Published in: The Journal of nutrition Vol. 129; no. 4; pp. 865 - 871
• Main Author: Finley, John W
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bethesda, MD American Society for Nutritional Sciences 01.04.1999; American Institute of Nutrition
• Subjects: Adult; Analysis of Variance; Biological and medical sciences; blood; Brassica - metabolism; broccoli; Chromatography, Gel; crop production; Diet; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; feces; Feces - chemistry; Feeding. Feeding behavior; food intake; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Humans; hydroponics; Intestinal Absorption; Isotopes; Male; men; Middle Aged; mineral metabolism; nutrient availability; nutrient content; nutrient intake; Nutrition; nutrition physiology; protein composition; selenate; selenite; selenium; Selenium - administration & dosage; Selenium - metabolism; Selenium - pharmacokinetics; seleno amino acids; stable isotopes; Structure-Activity Relationship; urine; Vegetables; Vertebrates: anatomy and physiology, studies on body, several organs or systems; young adults; Human; Molecular form; Metabolism; Retention; Inorganic element; Feeding; Micronutrient; Broccoli; Absorption; Diet; Plant origin; Distribution; Trace element (nutrient); Selenium; Selenites; Isotopes; Vegetable

Twenty-seven healthy young men were randomly assigned to diets that supplied low (32.6 micrograms/d) or high (226.5 micrograms/d) levels of selenium for a 105-d study. After consuming the diets for 85 d, subjects were fed a test meal that contained 74Se in the form of selenite or selenate and 82Se i...