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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 23. Chapters: Organoselenium compounds, Selenates, Selenides, Selenites, Selenocysteine, Selenium yeast, Organoselenium chemistry, Copper indium gallium selenide, Cadmium selenide, GPX3, Selenium tetrafluoride, Gallium(II) selenide, Glutathione peroxidase, Selenoprotein, Selenium dioxide, GPX5, Selenic acid, Hydrogen selenide, Selenous acid, Selenium disulfide, Zinc selenide, Diphenyl diselenide, Sodium selenite, Selenium monochloride, Carbon diselenide, Selenomethionine, Selenium tetrachloride, Mercury selenide, GPX6, Selenol, Selenium hexafluoride, Lead selenide, Woollins' reagent, Antimony triselenide, Selenium oxybromide, Benzeneselenol, Selenium trioxide, Ebselen, Selenium hexasulfide, Germanium selenide, Selenium oxydichloride, Indium(III) selenide, Ferroselite, Silver(I) selenide, Aluminium selenide, Arsenic triselenide, Sodium selenide, Silver selenite, Selenoyl fluoride, Gallium(III) selenide, 2C-SE, Manganese diselenide, 1 -Methylseleno-N-acetyl-D-galactosamine, Sodium selenate, Tin selenide, Selone, GPX8, Thioselenide. Excerpt: Selenium yeast, produced by fermenting Saccharomyces cerevisiae in a selenium-rich media, is a recognized source of organic food-form selenium. In this process, virtually all of the selenium structurally substitutes for sulfur in the amino acid methionine thus forming selenomethionine via the same pathways and enzymes that are used to form sulfur-containing methionine. Owing to its similarity to S-containing methionine, selenomethionine is taken up nonspecifically and becomes part of yeast protein. It is this metabolic route that makes selenium yeast valuable in animal and human nutrition, since it offers the same organic form of selenium produced by food-chain autotrophs (i.e., most plants and certain blue-green algae). Selenium is physiologically essential and may also offer a protective effec...
