Role of nano-selenium in health and environment

A Kumar, KS Prasad - Journal of Biotechnology, 2021 - Elsevier
In recent years, researches on selenium nanoparticle have gained more attention due to its
important role in many physiological processes. Generally, selenium nanoparticle has a …

Engineered nanomaterials and their surface functionalization for the removal of heavy metals: A review

A Jawed, V Saxena, LM Pandey - Journal of Water Process Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
Water is polluted by various harmful toxic chemical substances, precisely heavy metals,
dyes, and pathogens, which have a disastrous effect on the ecological balance of human as …

A comprehensive review on selenium and its effects on human health and distribution in middle eastern countries

M Kieliszek, I Bano, H Zare - Biological Trace Element Research, 2022 - Springer
Selenium (Se) is an important microelement with numerous positive effects on human health
and diseases. It is important to specify that the status and consumption of Se are for a …

Selenium: environmental significance, pollution, and biological treatment technologies

LC Tan, YV Nancharaiah… - … treatment of mine …, 2018 - taylorfrancis.com
10Selenium is an essential trace element needed for all living organisms. Despite its
essentiality, selenium is a potential toxic element to natural ecosystems due to its …

Selenium cycling across soil-plant-atmosphere interfaces: a critical review

LHE Winkel, B Vriens, GD Jones, LS Schneider… - Nutrients, 2015 - mdpi.com
Selenium (Se) is an essential element for humans and animals, which occurs ubiquitously in
the environment. It is present in trace amounts in both organic and inorganic forms in marine …

Interaction between selenium and soil organic matter and its impact on soil selenium bioavailability: A review

Z Li, D Liang, Q Peng, Z Cui, J Huang, Z Lin - Geoderma, 2017 - Elsevier
The bioavailability of selenium (Se) in soil partly determines Se deficiency in human health.
Soil organic matter (OM) is an important soil component that controls Se bioavailability …

Selenium in soil-microbe-plant systems: Sources, distribution, toxicity, tolerance, and detoxification

A Kushwaha, L Goswami, J Lee, C Sonne… - Critical Reviews in …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Selenium is an essential micronutrient required for natural biological systems such as anti-
oxidative systems. Despite such beneficial aspect, contamination of selenium and its …

Ecology and biotechnology of selenium-respiring bacteria

YV Nancharaiah, PNL Lens - Microbiology and Molecular Biology …, 2015 - journals.asm.org
In nature, selenium is actively cycled between oxic and anoxic habitats, and this cycle plays
an important role in carbon and nitrogen mineralization through bacterial anaerobic …

Supplementation of micronutrient selenium in metabolic diseases: its role as an antioxidant

N Wang, HY Tan, S Li, Y Xu, W Guo… - Oxidative medicine and …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Selenium is an essential mineral naturally found in soil, water, and some of the food. As an
antioxidant, it is one of the necessary trace elements in human body and has been …

Selenium: Significance, and outlook for supplementation

M Kieliszek, S Błażejak - Nutrition, 2013 - Elsevier
Selenium is a metalloid element with the atomic number 34. It is one of the elements that
determine the normal functioning of an organism; it has antioxidant properties and protects …