Association of Urinary and Dietary Selenium and of Serum Selenium Species with Serum Alanine Aminotransferase in a Healthy Italian Population

• Main Authors: Teresa Urbano (Author), Tommaso Filippini (Author), Daniela Lasagni (Author), Tiziana De Luca (Author), Peter Grill (Author), Sabrina Sucato (Author), Elisa Polledri (Author), Guy Djeukeu Noumbi (Author), Marcella Malavolti (Author), Annalisa Santachiara (Author), Thelma A. Pertinhez (Author), Roberto Baricchi (Author), Silvia Fustinoni (Author), Bernhard Michalke (Author), Marco Vinceti (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2021-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The trace element selenium is of considerable interest due to its toxic and nutritional properties, which markedly differ according to the dose and the chemical form. It has been shown that excess selenium intake increases the risk of type 2 diabetes and, possibly, other metabolic diseases like hype...