Both raw cashews and roasted cashews can provide iron and selenium, but raw cashews deliver slightly more of both essential ...

Because of their ability to sop up selenium, some plants have been enlisted in efforts to clean up soils and wastewater that have an excess of this potentially toxic element. Now Agricultural Research ...

Selenium is an essential trace element for humans (1, 2). Biochemical evidence for its importance is demonstrated by its function in the selenoenzymes GPx, which protects cells against oxidative ...

Objective: To assess the absorption of dietary selenium in humans, especially of milk selenium. Design: 1-day meal studies in subjects with ileostomy. Setting: Hospital outpatient clinics. Subjects: ...

In the first field trial of plants genetically tweaked to absorb more contaminants, researchers found that the transgenic plants handily beat out their wild-type counterparts. The results raised hopes ...

A high concentration of selenium absorbed by plants improves the human body absorption and removes harmful effects. SEOUL, South Korea, March 6, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- HanaroFarm, a member company of ...

You may have never heard of selenium, but this essential trace mineral is vital to your health. It plays an important role in many bodily processes, including metabolism, thyroid function, and heart ...

Berkeley -- In the first field trial of plants genetically tweaked to absorb more contaminants, researchers found that the transgenic plants handily beat out their wild-type counterparts. The results ...