ISSN:
1432-1076
Keywords:
Selenium
;
Glutathione peroxidase
;
Selenium deficiency
;
Selenium supplementation
;
Nutrition
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Abstract The diets of 5 patients with phenylketonuria or maple-syrup-urine disease were supplemented with yeast which was rich in selenium. For 120 days the patients received 45 μg Se/day to increase the Se content of their diets to 10–12ng Se/Kjoule. Before supplementation the selenium content of serum (5–15 ng/ml) and whole blood (10–27 ng/ml), and the activity of the erythrocyte glutathione peroxidase (0.19–2.69 U37/g Hb), amounted to only 10–20% of normal. The serum selenium content reached normal values within 4 weeks of supplementation, followed by normalisation of the selenium content of whole blood within 4–8 weeks. Restoration of the activity of erythrocyte glutathione peroxidase took 9 to 15 weeks —the red cell life span. There was a significant positive correlation between the selenium content of the erythrocytes and the activity of erythrocyte glutathione peroxidase.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00442405
