Topic · Nutrition and Dietetics
Selenium in Biological Systems
Selenium in Biological Systems is a research topic within Nutrition and Dietetics. Science Explorer counts 21k research works in it since 1950. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers explores the role of selenium in human health, focusing on its importance as an essential nutrient, its involvement in selenoproteins and glutathione peroxidases, its impact on antioxidant mechanisms, cancer prevention, immunity, and its potential toxicity. The papers also cover selenium's role in nutrition, biofortification, and its diverse metabolic effects.
- Selenium
- Selenoproteins
- Glutathione Peroxidases
- Antioxidant
- Nutrition
- Cancer Prevention
- Immunity
- Toxicity
- Metabolism
- Biofortification
- Research works
- 21k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 2.1k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 10.0% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
- +25% the tick is no change
- Largest producer
China
49% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
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