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Effects of Selenium and Other Micronutrient Intake on Human Health

Shuang-Qing Zhang

Nutrients · 2025

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Summary

Since its discovery in 1817, selenium had long been considered toxic, until 1957, when the element was demonstrated to protect vitamin E-deficient rats against liver necrosis and recognized as an essential micronutrient [...]

Source type
Peer-reviewed study
DOI
10.3390/nu17132239
Catalogue ID
NRmo3d4gae-0cb
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