Plasma selenoprotein P levels of healthy males in different selenium status after oral supplementation with different forms of selenium

• Published in: European journal of clinical nutrition Vol. 52; no. 5; pp. 363 - 367
• Main Authors: Persson-Moschos, M, Alfthan, G, Åkesson, B
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basingstoke Nature Publishing 01.05.1998; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: administration & dosage; Adult; Agricultural research; animal proteins; Biological and medical sciences; blood; blood plasma; dietary mineral supplements; Dietary Supplements; Enrichment; Finland; Human physiology applied to population studies and life conditions. Human ecophysiology; Humans; Kinetics; Male; Males; Medical sciences; men; metabolism; Middle Aged; Nutrition; Nutritional Status; Nutritional survey. Food supply and nutritional requirement; oral administration; Placebos; Plasma; Proteins; Proteins - metabolism; Selenium; Selenium - administration & dosage; Selenium - blood; Selenoprotein P; Selenoproteins; Sodium; Sodium selenate; Sodium selenite; Yeast; Yeasts; Finland; Human; Selenoprotein; Oral administration; Influence; Male; Selenium; Food supplement; Blood plasma

To assess changes in selenoprotein P levels in plasma from subjects who had received oral supplements of different selenium forms. The same study group participated in two similar selenium supplementation trials, Trial I in 1981 (Levander et al, 1983) and Trial II in 1987 (Alfthan et al, 1991). Duri...