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    Glossary Selenium

    trace mineral essential for metabolism and thyroid function

    Selenium is a trace mineral essential for human health, playing a crucial role in metabolism and thyroid function. It acts as an antioxidant, helping to protect cells from damage, and is important for maintaining healthy hair and preventing conditions like alopecia.

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    1. Selenium for preventing cancer Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2018 · 618 citations
    2. Acute Selenium Toxicity Associated With a Dietary Supplement Archives of Internal Medicine · 2010 · 382 citations
    3. Adverse Health Effects of Selenium in Humans Reviews on Environmental Health · 2001 · 241 citations
    4. Selenium as an element in the treatment of ovarian cancer in women receiving chemotherapy Gynecologic oncology · 2004 · 127 citations
    5. Macrocytosis and pseudoalbinism: Manifestations of selenium deficiency The Journal of Pediatrics · 1987 · 126 citations
    6. Metabolism of subtoxic levels of selenium in animals and humans. PubMed · 1996 · 115 citations
    7. Selenium for preventing cancer Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2014 · 93 citations
    8. Selenium Poisoning From a Nutritional Supplement JAMA · 1996 · 79 citations
    9. Case Series Of Selenium Toxicity From A Nutritional Supplement Clinical toxicology · 2011 · 78 citations
    10. Selenium and vitamin E supplements for prostate cancer: evidence or embellishment? Urology · 2002 · 76 citations
    11. Selenium Toxicity: A Case of Selenosis Caused by a Nutritional Supplement Annals of Internal Medicine · 2008 · 71 citations
    12. Selenium or No Selenium- That Is the Question in Tumor Patients: A New Controversy Integrative Cancer Therapies · 2010 · 61 citations
    13. Effect of Various Dietary Factors on the Deposition of Selenium in the Hair and Nails of Rats Journal of Nutrition · 1990 · 55 citations
    14. Synergistic Antibacterial Activity and Wound Healing Properties of Selenium-Chitosan-Mupirocin Nanohybrid System: An in Vivo Study on Rat Diabetic Staphylococcus aureus Wound Infection Model Scientific reports · 2020 · 49 citations
    15. Acute selenium poisoning by paradise nuts (Lecythis ollaria) Human & experimental toxicology · 2010 · 36 citations
    16. Effect of dietary selenium source, level, and pig hair color on various selenium indices. Journal of Animal Science · 2001 · 35 citations
    17. DIFFUSE HAIR LOSS ASSOCIATED WITH SELENIUM (SELSUN) SULFIDE SHAMPOO Journal of the American Medical Association · 1956 · 35 citations
    18. Scientific opinion on the tolerable upper intake level for selenium EFSA journal · 2023 · 30 citations
    19. Opposing impacts on healthspan and longevity by limiting dietary selenium in telomere dysfunctional mice Aging Cell · 2016 · 30 citations
    20. Ingestion of a dietary supplement resulting in selenium toxicity Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology · 2010 · 27 citations
    21. Generalized hair loss and selenium exposure. PubMed · 1995 · 23 citations
    22. Toxicosis in pigs fed selenium-accumulating Astragalus plant species or sodium selenate American Journal of Veterinary Research · 1989 · 23 citations
    23. The reduction of selenium(IV) by boreal Pseudomonas sp. strain T5-6-I – Effects on selenium(IV) uptake in Brassica oleracea Environmental research · 2019 · 22 citations
    24. Decreased selenium intake and low plasma selenium concentrations leading to clinical symptoms in a child with propionic acidaemia Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease · 1991 · 21 citations
    25. Antioxidant and prebiotic activities of selenium-containing green tea Nutrition · 2013 · 20 citations
    26. Effect of selenium sulfide suspension on hair roots. PubMed · 1960 · 20 citations
    27. Improved fetal hair follicle development by maternal supplement of selenium at nano size (Nano-Se) Livestock science · 2011 · 18 citations
    28. Selenium and Polycystic Ovary Syndrome; Current Knowledge and Future Directions: A Systematic Review Hormone and Metabolic Research · 2019 · 16 citations
    29. Primary hair growth in dogs depends on dietary selenium concentrations* Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition · 2005 · 16 citations
    30. Soil, grain and water chemistry and human selenium imbalances in Enshi district, Hubei Province, China 1996 · 16 citations