Zinc deficiency is clearly teratogenic in animals (1). The catabolism of maternal tissues during pregnancy, however, seems to protect the fetus from the teratogenic effects of hypozincemia (2). In humans, most evidence suggesting the importance of zinc during pregnancy comes from patients with acrodermatitis enteropathica, an inherited severe zinc deficiency state. These patients have spontaneo...

INTRODUCTION One of the major causes of mortality in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients on hemodialysis is premature atherosclerosis. Selenium, a trace element involved in important enzymatic activities inside the body, has protective effects against lipid oxidation and inhibits cholesterol accumulation in blood vessels. OBJECTIVES To determine the effect of selenium supplementation on lip...

Copper and selenium play an important role in maintaining a healthy cattle herd. Both of these minerals work with enzymes to reduce peroxides that could potential cause tissue damage. Random samples of blood, serum, and liver were taken from various cattle herds across Virginia. Serum was used to determine the copper concentrations, while blood and liver samples were used to determine selenium ...

To evaluate the correlations of the serum concentrations of trace elements with lipids and lipoproteins in water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis), the serum concentrations of cholesterol, triglyceride, total lipids, very low density lipoproteins (VLDL-cholesterol), low density lipoproteins (LDL-cholesterol) and high density lipoproteins (HDL-cholesterol) and their correlations with serum concentration...

The effect of selenium supplementation on recurrent hyperthyroidism caused by Graves' disease is unclear. Our study aimed to assess the efficacy of selenium supplementation therapy on recurrent Graves' disease. Forty-one patients with recurrent Graves' disease were enrolled in this study. All patients received the routine treatment using methimazole (MMI), while patients allocated to the seleni...

background: poor response to various vaccines especially hepatitis b is common. the purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of selenium on immune response against hepatitis b vaccine with accelerated method in insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus patients.methods: in this randomized clinical trial study, 62 insulin dependent diabetic patients were divided into case and control groups (e...

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this study was performed to determine the effect of injecting selenium into pregnant heifers at the last stage of gestation on the serum se, cu, zn and fe status of the heifers and their calves. fifty holstein heifers were randomly assigned to one of five treatments. four and two weeks before the expected time of calving, the heifers were injected intramuscularly 10 ml (t1), 20 ml (t2), 30 ml (...