Plants, selenium and human health
Abstract
Selenium is an essential nutrient for animals, microorganisms and some other eukaryotes. Although selenium has not been demonstrated to be essential in vascular plants, the ability of some plants to accumulate and transform selenium into bioactive compounds has important implications for human nutrition and health, and for the environment. Selenium-accumulating plants provide unique tools to help us understand selenium metabolism. They are also a source of genetic material that can be used to alter selenium metabolism and tolerance to help develop food crops that have enhanced levels of anticarcinogenic selenium compounds, as well as plants that are ideally suited for the phytoremediation of selenium-contaminated soils.
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- Authors
- Ellis, D. R., & Salt, D. E.
- Affiliations
- Purdue University West Lafayette (US)
- Corresponding author
- Salt, David E
- ORCID
- Salt, David E
- Venue
- Current Opinion in Plant Biology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2003-06
- Volume
- 6
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 273-279
- ISSN
- 1369-5266 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2066398151
- Cited by
- 475
- References
- 1
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- FWCI
- 1.70
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Current Opinion in Plant Biology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Selenium in Biological Systems
- Life Sciences › Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics › Toxicology › Organoselenium and organotellurium chemistry
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects
- Keywords
- selenium, selenium accumulation in plants, selenium metabolism, selenium tolerance, anticarcinogenic compounds, phytoremediation, selenium-contaminated soil, human nutrition, food crops, vascular plants
- MeSH terms
- Adaptation, Physiological, Humans, Nutritional Physiological Phenomena, Plants, Selenium, Sulfates, Selenium Compounds, Selenic Acid
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