[Role of selenium in human pathophysiology]

R Andrzejak 1 , J H Goch M Jurga

1. Klinika Chorób Wewnetrznych i Zawodowych Akademii Medycznej we Wrocławiu.

Published:

GICID: 01.3001.0000.3085

Available language versions: en pl

Issue: Postepy Hig Med Dosw 1996; 50 (3)

Abstract

Paper describes selenium metabolism and its function in physiological and pathological states. A role of selenium in development of human internal pathology with its action in suppressing the carcinogenesis is outlined. Function of selenium in biochemical structures is showed with a special stress put on glutathione peroxidase.

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