Abstract
The article describes the involvement of selenium in the biophysical, metabolic, and energetic processes of humans and animals, its biological functions in the living systems. The authors mention the importance of the opening and further study of the microelement for living organisms and their protection from pathology and viruses. The content of the microelement in food products and plants are discussed as well as the necessity in an increase in agricultural crops and farm animal production efficiency.
Highlights
Selenium is one of the most important microelements that can maintain various biological functions in living organisms
Experiments with rats that received casein treated with 0.1M solution of sodium hydroxide, necrotic degeneration of the liver developed both in animals that received feed with normal content of vitamin E and sulfur-containing amino acids
Selenium exerts a positive effect on the quality of life, increases resistance to oxidative stress, reduced the rate of development of age-related diseases, i.e. can be classified as geroprotector
Summary
The content of the microelement in food products and plants are discussed as well as the necessity in an increase in agricultural crops and farm animal production efficiency. INTRODUCTION Selenium is one of the most important microelements (mass fraction in a human organism is 10-5–10-7%) that can maintain various biological functions in living organisms. This microelement is one of 30 essential compounds in the organisms of higher animals and is included in the structure of molecules of various enzymatic systems [1, 2].
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