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Selenomethionine is readily available as a dietary supplement. It has been suggested by nutritionists that selenomethionine, as an organic form of selenium, is easier for the human body to absorb than selenite, which is an inorganic form. [8] It was determined in a clinical trial that selenomethionine is absorbed 19% better than selenite. [8]
In the United States, selenium deficiency is not common. A federal survey of food consumption determined that for women and men over the age of 19, average consumption from foods and beverages was 89 and 125 μg/day, respectively. For women and men of all ages fewer than 3% consumed less than the EAR. [33]
For example, selenomethionine and selenocysteine are selenium-containing amino acids present in the human body. Selenomethionine participates in the synthesis of selenoproteins . [ 2 ] The reduction potential and pKa (5.47) of selenocysteine are lower than those of cysteine , making some proteins have antioxidant activity. [ 3 ]
Methaneselenol (commonly named "methylselenol") (CH 3 SeH), which can be produced in vitro by incubating selenomethionine with a bacterial methionine gamma-lyase (METase) enzyme, by biological methylation of selenide ion or in vivo by reduction of methaneseleninic acid (CH 3 −Se(=O)−OH), has been invoked to explain the anticancer activity ...
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]
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Methaneseleninic acid shows potential anticancer activity and is a model for studying the anticancer effects of selenium in vitro. [7] Methaneseleninic acid shows superior in vivo inhibitory efficacy toward human prostate cancer compared to selenomethionine or selenite (ion). [8]
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