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NUTRIENTS
Volume 15, Issue 19, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/nu15194189
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selenium; selenium-enriched foods; physiological functions; supplementation; analysis of selenium and its species
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This review summarizes the importance of selenium in maintaining human health, the relationship between selenium deficiency and various diseases, and the positive effects of selenium supplementation. Additionally, the review discusses the development and physiological functions of selenium-enriched foods that contain organic selenium.
Selenium is an essential micronutrient that plays a crucial role in maintaining human health. Selenium deficiency is seriously associated with various diseases such as Keshan disease, Kashin-Beck disease, cataracts, and others. Conversely, selenium supplementation has been found to have multiple effects, including antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and anticancer functions. Compared with inorganic selenium, organic selenium exhibits higher bioactivities and a wider range of safe concentrations. Consequently, there has been a significant development of selenium-enriched foods which contain large amounts of organic selenium in order to improve human health. This review summarizes the physiological role and metabolism of selenium, the development of selenium-enriched foods, the physiological functions of selenium-enriched foods, and provides an analysis of total selenium and its species in selenium-enriched foods, with a view to laying the foundation for selenium-enriched food development.
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