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Selenium is toxic in high concentrations. As sodium selenite, the chronic toxic dose for human beings was described as about 2.4 to 3 milligrams of selenium per day. [7] In 2000, the US Institute of Medicine set the adult Tolerable upper intake levels (UL) for selenium from all sources - food, drinking water and dietary supplements - at 400 μg/day. [8]
ATC code A12 Mineral supplements is a therapeutic subgroup of the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System, a system of alphanumeric codes developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) for the classification of drugs and other medical products.
Sodium selenate is produced by oxidation of selenium, first with nitric acid, producing selenous acid. The selenous acid is neutralized to form sodium selenite. The sodium selenite is oxidized in a basic medium hydrogen peroxide to form a selenate, which is then spray-dried. [3] Se + 2HNO 3 → H 2 SeO 3 + NO + NO 2 H 2 SeO 3 + Na 2 CO 3 → Na ...
Selenium disulfide has been used in shampoo as an antidandruff agent, an inhibitor in polymer chemistry, a glass dye, and a reducing agent in fireworks. [ 6 ] Selenium trioxide may be synthesized by dehydrating selenic acid , H 2 SeO 4 , which is itself produced by the oxidation of selenium dioxide with hydrogen peroxide : [ 8 ]
Selenite refers to the anion with the chemical formula Se O 2− 3. It is the oxyanion of selenium. It is the selenium analog of the sulfite ion, SO 2− 3. Thus selenite is pyramidal and selenium is assigned oxidation state +4. Selenite also refers to compounds that contains this ion, for example sodium selenite Na 2 SeO 3 which is a common ...
Sodium hydrogen selenite. Sodium hydrogen selenite is an inorganic chemical consisting of a ratio of one hydrogen, one sodium, three oxygen, and one selenium atom. It is the sodium salt of the conjugate base of selenous acid. This compound finds therapeutic application for providing the essential trace element selenium.
Sodium selenide – Na 2 Se; Sodium selenite – Na 2 SeO 3; Sodium silicate – Na 2 SiO 3; Sodium sulfate – Na 2 SO 4; Sodium sulfide – Na 2 S; Sodium sulfite ...
Selenium yeast is a feed additive for livestock, used to increase the selenium content in their fodder. It is a form of selenium currently approved for human consumption in the EU and Britain. [ 1 ] Inorganic forms of selenium are used in feeds (namely sodium selenate and sodium selenite , which appear to work in roughly the same manner).