BACKGROUND Oral administration of selenium is an effective treatment for diabetes in animal models. However, selenium exerts these effects at high doses and several toxic effects are produced. Low doses of selenium are relatively safe but are unable to elicit any antidiabetic effect. OBJECTIVES The present study explored the prospect of using low doses of insulin in combination with selenium ...

Selenium is one of the eight necessary trace elements humans require for active health balance. It contributes in several ways to proper functioning selenoprotein. has received enormous interest recently due its therapeutic potential against a number ailments. To date, numerous chemical compounds containing selenium have been investigated therapy cancer and other disorders. Unifying atom into c...

Some selenium compounds offer important health benefits when administered at supranutritional doses, such as improvement of the immune system and of male fertility, and the prevention of some types of cancer. The traditional selenium indexes do not account for the metabolic status of this element among replete individuals. As a consequence, there is a need for new indexes that distinguish betwe...

Selenium compounds (selenium dioxide, selenious acid, and selenic acid) were found to inhibit phospholipid/Ca2+-dependent protein kinase (protein kinase C) and the phorbol ester-stimulated phosphorylation of endogenous substrate proteins from HL60 cells. Kinetic analysis indicated that selenium dioxide (SeO2) inhibited the enzyme noncompetitively with respect to phosphatidylserine (apparent Ki,...

Selenium containing nucleosides derived from some heterocyclic moieties such as Pyridineselenol, and pyridazineselenol is described herein. Ribosylation of selenol compounds were prepared in good yield by silyation of selenol derivatives with 1-O-acetyl-2,3,5-tri-O-benzoyl-D-ribofuranose followed by debenzoylation to afford the corresponding free N-nucleosides  and -1-(2,3,5-trihydroxy--D-r...