Selenium in Medicine and Biology

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Selenium in Medicine and Biology -- CONTENTS -- SECTION I : SELENIUM INTAKE, METABOLISM AND HOMEOSTASIS -- SELENIUM INTAKE BY PLANTS, ANIMALS, AND HUMANS / Gissel-Nielsen, Gunnar -- SELENIUM INTAKE OF THE SWISS POPULATION - PRELIMINARY RESULTS / Zimmerli, B. / Wyttenbach, A. -- SELENIUM IN FOOD AND NUTRITION IN FRANCE / Simonoff, M. / Moretto, P. / Simonoff, G. / Conri, C. / Cornaille, B. / Fleury, B. / Ducloux, Y. -- SELENIUM IN WINE / Eschnauer, H. / Alt, F. / Messerschmidt, J. / Tölg, G. -- SELENIUM METABOLISM / Favier, A. -- INTESTINAL ABSORPTION OF SELENIUM IN RATS: EFFECTS OF SEGMENTS AND AGE / Ciappellano, S. / Porrini, M. / Brighenti, F. / Testolin, G. -- STIMULATION OF INTESTINAL ABSORPTION OF SELENITE BY CYSTEINE AND GLUTATHIONE / Scharrer, E. / Würmli, R. / Wolffram, S. -- TRANSPORT OF SELENOAMINO ACIDS ACROSS THE INTESTINAL BRUSH BORDER MEMBRANE (BBM) / Wolffram, S. / Berger, B. / Scharrer, E. -- KINETICS OF SODIUM SELENITE BY INTRAVENOUS INJECTION IN RABBITS : STUDY OF SELENIUM AND GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE IN PLASMA / Guillard, O. / Bouquet, S. / Tallineau, C. / Pirion, A. / Courtois, P. -- RETENTION AND BIOLOGICAL HALF-LIFE OF (75 Se)SELENOMETHIONINE IN FOUR PATIENTS WITH DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY / Westermarck, T. / Rahola, T. / Puhakainen, M. / Lappalainen, R. / Louhimo, T. -- SELENIUM IN THE ANTERIOR PITUITARY AFTER A SINGLE INJECTION OF 75-SE L-SELENOMETHIONINE / Grønbæk, H. / Thorlacius-Ussing, O. -- SELENIUM METABOLISM AND AVAILABILITY IN RAINBOW TROUT / Gissel Nielsen, Mogens -- SELENIUM HOMEOSTASIS / Behne, Dietrich -- EFFECTS OF CORTICOSTEROID TREATMENT ON SELENIUM STATUS IN MAN AND ANIMALS / Peretz, A. / Neve, J. / Fontaine, J. / Vertongen, F. / Famaey, J. P. -- Section II Biological functions of selenium -- BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS OF SELENIUM / Nève, J. -- STUDY OF SELENIUM ANTIOXIDANT PROPERTIES ON LIPID PEROXIDATION: USE OF NMR AND ESR SPECTROSCOPIES / Nepveu, F. / Massol, M. / Capul, C. / Derache, P. -- DIETARY FATS AND HEART LIPID PEROXIDATION STATUS / Nalbone, G. / Termine, E. / Leonardi, J. / Lechene, J. / Chautant, M. / Lafont, H. -- EFFECT OF SELENIUM SUPPLEMENTATION IN RAT DIET ON BLOOD PLASMA LIPID PARAMETERS / Crespo, A. M. / Pinto, R. E. -- EFFECT OF SELENIUM INTAKE ON LIPID PEROXIDATION AND CARDIAC FUNCTIONS IN RATS / Koukay, N. / Richard, M. J. / Favier, A. / Mouhieddine, S. / De Leiris, J. -- PROSTANOIDS MAY MEDIATE THE RADIOPROTECTIVE EFFECTS OF SELENIUM AND WR2721 / Bienvenu, P. / Herodin, F. / Fatome, M. / Kergonou, J. F. -- SOME NEW ASPECTS OF THE PHYSIOLOGICAL ROLE OF SELENIUM : REGULATION OF GLUTATHIONE AND HYDROPEROXIDE METABOLISM / Narayanaswami, Vasanthy / Norden, K. Lalitha -- SECTION III: ASSESSMENT OF SELENIUM STATUS -- BIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS FOR ASSESSING SELENIUM STATUS / Nève, J. -- SELENIUM CONCENTRATIONS IN HUMAN TISSUES / Aaseth, J. / Thomassen, Y. -- PROBLEMS AND NEW TRENDS IN SELENIUM DETERMINATION IN BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS / Chappuis, P. / Paolaggi, F. / Rousselet, F. / Faugeron, C. -- DIRECT ANALYSIS OF SELENIUM IN BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES (SERUM, ERYTHROCYTES) BY GRAPHITE FURNACE ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY (GFAAS) BY THE METHOD OF STANDARD ADDITIONS / Chariot, C. / Rieu, D. / Castel, J. -- DETERMINATION OF SELENIUM IN SERUM BY ELECTROTHERMAL ATOMIC SPECTROPHOTOMETRY / Moynier, I. / Bourret, E. / Bardet, L. / Fussellier, M. -- SELENIUM DETERMINATION IN DIFFERENT BIOLOGICAL FLUIDS BY STABLE ISOTOPE DILUTION GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY MASS SPECTROMETRY / Ducros, V. / Ruffieux, D. / Belin, N. / Favier, A. -- DIRECT DETERMINATION CF SELENIUM IN HUMAN AND ANIMAL PIASMA BY ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY FLUORESCENCE / Maier, E. A. / Rastegar, F. / Ruch, C. / Heimburger, R. / Christophe, C. / Leroy, M. J. F. -- EXPRESSION OF URINARY SELENIUM LEVELS IN HUMANS / Nève, J. / Peretz, A. -- AN AUTOMATED METHOD (RANSEL KIT) FOR THE DETERMINATION OF GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE IN ERYTHROCYTE FROM HEALTHY ADULT PATIENTS / Thérond, P. / Marchand, M. / Biou, D. / Demelier, J. F. -- SECTION IV : SELENIUM IN HUMAN DISEASES -- SELENIUM IN NEONATES AND CHILDREN / Lombeck, I. / Menzel, H. -- SELENIUM AT DELIVERY / Bouglé, D. / Voirin, J. / Venezia, R. / Duhamel, J. F. / Muller, G. / Bureau, F. / Drosdowsky, M. -- SERUM SELENIUM LEVELS AND SELENIUM INTAKES IN NEWBORN / Fraga, J. M. / Cervilla, J. R. / Varela-Iglesias, J. / Peña, J. / Cocho, J. A. -- GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE ACTIVITY IN ERYTHROCYTES OF NEWBORNS FED MATERNAL OR FORMULA MILK / Cervilla, J. R. / Fernandez-Lorenzo, J. R. / Fraga, J. M. / Cocho, J. A. / Ramos-Martinez, J. I. -- SELENIUM AND OXIDANT INJURY OF CYSTIC FIBROSIS CHILDREN / Richard, M. J. / Arnaud, J. / Favier, A. / Aguilaniu, B. / Gout, J. P. / Decoux, G. -- OXYGEN FREE RADICALS AND ANTIOXIDANTS / Gutteridge, John M. C. -- SELENIUM IN INFLAMMATION AND IMMUNITY / Peretz, A. -- SELENIUM AND OTHER TRACE ELEMENTS IN PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS / Arnaud, J. / Imbault-Huart, V. / Favier, A. / Zagala, A. / Phelip, X. -- SELENIUM AND CANCER / Schrauzer, G. N. -- SELENIUM AND OTHER ANTI-OXIDANTS IN BREAST CANCER / Gerber, M. / Richardson, S. / Chappuis, P. -- SELENIUM AND CANCER IN CHILDREN (PRELIMINARY DATA) / Malvy, J. M. D. / Amèdèe-Manesmes, D. / Arnaud, J. / Favier, A. / Houot, O. / Montagnon, B. -- BLOOD SELENIUM CONCENTRATION AND GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE ACTIVITY IN MALE PATIENTS WITH ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE / Zachara, B. A. / Rybakowski, J. / Borowska, K. / Pilaczynska, E. / Zamorski, R. / Stefaniak, B. -- SERUM SELENIUM IN ALCOHOLIC DISEASES / Arnaud, J. / Favier, A. / Zarski, J. P. / Rachail, M. / Labadie, H. / Beaugrand, M. -- PLASMA SELENIUM IN CARDIOMYOPATHY / Therond, P. / Marchand, M. / Biou, D. / Demelier, J. F. / Auzépy, Ph. / Richard, C. -- IS NON OBSTRUCTIVE MYOCARDIOPATHY(NOMC)IN AIDS SELENIUM-DEFICIENCY-RELATED? / Zazzo, J. F. / Lafont, A. / Darwiche, H. / Sayegh, F. / Camus, F. / Chappuis, P. / Chalas, J. / Benattar, C. -- LIPID PEROXIDATION , RELATIONSHIP WITH SELENIUM AND GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE ACTIVITIES IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC RENAL FAILURE / Richard, M. J. / Arnaud, J. / Koukay, N. / Favier, A. / Jurkowitz, C. / Dechelette, E. / Hachache, T. / Meftahi, H. / Foret, M. / Laporte, F. -- BLOOD SELENIUM, GLUTATHION PEROXIDASE AND CADMIUM IN CHRONIC RENAL FAILURE PATIENTS / Dubois, F. / Nicolas, B. / Hoffman, R. / Belleville, F. / Paysant, O. / Kessler, M. / Jonon, B. / Cao-Huu, T. -- IMPLICATION OF SELENIUM AND GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE DEFICIENCY IN THE PATHOLOGY OF HEMODIALYZED PATIENTS / Saint-Georges, M. / d'Auzac, C. L. / Bonnefont, D. / Bourely, B. / Jaudon, M. C. / Galli, A. -- SECTION V : SELENIUM SUPPLEMENTATION AND TOXICITY -- SELENIUM SUPPLEMENTATION IN HUMANS / Aro, A. / Huttunen, J. K. -- A COMPARISON OF TEN SELENIUM SUPPLEMENTATION PRODUCTS / Clausen, J. / Nielsen, S. A. -- SELENIUM STATUS IN HUMANS AS INVESTIGATED BY THE EFFECTS OF SUPPLEMENTATION WITH Se-ENRICHED YEAST TABLETS / Nève, J. / Chamart, S. / Van Erum, S. / Vertongen, F. / Dramaix, M. -- EFFECTS OF SELENIUM SUPPLEMENTATION WITH Se ENRICHED YEAST TABLETS ON HEPATIC, MUSCULAR, RENAL AND HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS IN HUMANS / Van Erum, S. / Capel, P. / Vertongen, F. / Nève, J. -- SELENIUM CONTENT OF THE MINERAL WATER OF LA ROCHE POSAY. INTEREST FOR DIETARY SUPPLEMENTATION / Ducos-Fonfrède, S. / Clanet, F. / Delrez, E. -- ANTIOXIDANT SUPPLEMENTATION REDUCED SERUM LIPID PEROXIDES IN ELDERLY. A Randomized double-blind one-year study / Tolonen, M. / Sarna, S. / Keikonen, M. / Halme, M. / Nordberg, U. R. -- SELENIUM AND VITAMIN E SUPPLEMENTATION IN CYSTIC FIBROSIS / Therond, P. / Marchand, M. / Biou, D. / Demelier, J. F. / Brion, F. / Foncaud, F. / Navarro, J. -- PLASMA AND ERYTHROCYTE SELENIUM (Se), GLUTATHIONE PEROXYDASE (GSH-Px), MALONDIALDEHYDE (MDA) AND PLASMA LIPID HYDROPEROXIDES (LH) AS A FUNCTION OF Se SUPPLEMENTATION IN 12 TREATED PHENYLKETONURIC (PKU) CHILDREN / Wilke, B. / Vidailhet, M. / Guillemin, C. / Favier, A. / Ducros, V. / Arnaud, J. / Richard, M. J. -- SELENIUM FERTILIZATION IN PRACTICE IN FINLAND / Yläranta, T. -- SELENIUM TOXICOLOGY / Pineau, A. -- SELENIUM TOXICITY IN INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS PRESENT KNOWLEDGE / Baruthio, F. -- SECTION VI : SELENIUM IN ANIMALS -- SELENIUM DEFICIENCY IN ANIMALS / Lamand, M. -- WHOLE BLOOD AND PLASMA SELENIUM CONCENTRATIONS, ERYTHROCYTE AND PLASMA GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE ACTIVITIES IN DAMS AND LAMBS / Zachara, B. A. / Zamorski, R. / Borowska, K. / Kanarkowski, R. -- PLASMA SELENIUM CONCENTRATION AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE ACTIVITY OF GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE AND SOME PLASMA ENZYMES (CREATINE KINASE, LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE, ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSPHERASE) OF FIGHTING BULLS KILLED DURING A BULLFIGHT / Purroy, A. / Revuelta, D. / Garcia-Belenguer, S. / Gascon, M. / Gonzalez, J. M. -- ALTERATIONS IN THE SEMEN QUALITY AND PLASMA ENZYMES IN BULLS. RELATION WITH SELENIUM DEFICIENCY / Capaul, E. G. / Carcagno, A. R. / Deluca, L. -- SELENIUM IN MARINE WADERS / Goede, A. A. -- EFFECT OF SELENIUM ON THE METABOLISM OF A NOVEL METHANOGEN / Krishnan, Shanthi / Vasanthy, N. / Lalitha, K. -- THE ADDITION OP SELENIUM TO FEEDSTUFFS AND THE LEGAL RESTRICTIONS RELATED TO THIS PRACTICE / Lamand, M. -- TOXICOLOGY OF SELENIUM IN VETERINARY MEDICINE / Keck, G. -- LIST OF PARTICIPANTS -- AUTHORS INDEX -- SUBJECT INDEX -- Backmatter