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Selenium Bioavailability from Soy Protein Isolate and Tofu in Rats Fed a Torula Yeast-Based Diet

Journal

JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY
Volume 57, Issue 24, Pages 11575-11580

Publisher

AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/jf901985t

Keywords

Selenium; selenium bioavailability; Torula yeast; soybean; rats

Funding

  1. U.S. Department of Agriculture, ARS [5450-51000-035-00D]
  2. Nebraska Soybean Board

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Selenium (Se) is an essential nutrient, and soy is a major plant source of dietary protein to humans. The United States produces one-third of the world's soybeans, and the Se-rich Northern Plains produce a large share of the nation's soybeans. The present study used a rat model to determine the bioavailability of Se from a protein isolate and tofu (bean curd) prepared from a soybean cultivar we recently developed specifically for food grade markets. The soybean seeds contained 2.91 mg Se/kg. Male Sprague-Dawley rats were depleted of Se by feeding them a 30% Torula yeast-based diet containing 5 mu g Se/kg; after 56 days, they were replenished of Se for an additional 50 days by feeding them the same diet supplemented with 20, 30, or 40 mu g Se/kg from soy protein isolate or tofu. L-Selenomethionine (SeMet) was used as a reference. Selenium bioavailability was determined on the basis of the responses of Se-dependent enzyme activities and tissue Se contents, comparing those responses for each soy product to those for SeMet using a slope-ratio method. Dietary supplementation with the protein isolate or tofu resulted in dose-dependent increases in glutathione peroxidase activities in blood and liver and thioredoxin reductase activity in liver, as well as dose-dependent increases in the Se contents of plasma, liver, muscle, and kidneys. These responses indicated an overall bioavailability of approximately 97% for Se from both the protein isolate and tofu, relative to SeMet. These results demonstrate that Se from this soybean cultivar is highly bioavailable in this model and that high-Se soybeans can be good dietary sources of Se.

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