Selenium: Present Status and Perspectives in Biology and Medicine

Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Selenium Deficiency in the Federal Republic of Germany....Pages 1-12
Selenium: Geochemical Distribution and Associations with Human Heart and Cancer Death Rates and Longevity in China and the United States....Pages 13-21
The Organ Distribution of Selenium in German Adults....Pages 23-45
Correlations of Blood Selenium with Hematological Parameters in West German Adults....Pages 47-81
Selenium in Platelets....Pages 83-88
Effect of Selenium Supplementation on Platelet Selenium, Glutathione Peroxidase, and Aggregation....Pages 89-96
Selenite Metabolism in Rat and Human Blood....Pages 97-110
Selenium, Cadmium, Lead, and Mercury Concentrations in Human Breast Milk, in Placenta, Maternal Blood, and the Blood of the Newborn....Pages 111-124
Comparison of Whole Blood Selenium Values and Erythrocyte Glutathione Peroxidase Activities of Normal Individuals on Supplementation with Selenate, Selenite, L-Selenomethionine, and High Selenium Yeast....Pages 125-138
Clinical Aspects of Selenium Metabolism....Pages 139-146
Selenium in Total Parenteral Nutrition....Pages 147-155
Selenium in Cardiology and Angiology....Pages 157-166
Abnormalities of Blood Selenium and Glutathione Peroxidase Activity in Patients with Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome and Aids-Related Complex....Pages 167-177
Selenium in Chronic Neurologic Diseases....Pages 179-203
The Distribution of Selenium in Human Blood Samples of Israeli Population—Comparison between Normal and Breast Cancer Cases....Pages 205-212
Arsenic, Selenium, and Zinc in Patients with Blackfoot Disease....Pages 213-221
Selenium Preclinical Studies of Anticancer Therapeutic Potential....Pages 223-229
Selenium Chemoprevention of Liver Cancer in Animals and Possible Human Applications....Pages 231-241
Biochemical and Cellular Aspects of the Anticancer Activity of Selenium....Pages 243-255
Antagonistic Effect of Selenite on Tumor Promoter Induced Cell Proliferation in Cultures of Rat Tongue Epithelium....Pages 257-266
Zinc-Selenium Interaction in the Rat....Pages 267-276
Selenium in the Anterior Pituitary of the Rat after a Single Injection of 75 Se Sodium Selenite....Pages 277-287
Experimental Study on Interactions Between Selenium and Tin in Mice....Pages 289-301
Back Matter....Pages 303-308