Randomized controlled trial of the effect of selenium supplementation on thyroid function in the elderly in the United Kingdom | Zendy

Margaret P. Rayman | Zendy; Alex J. Thompson | Zendy; Bram Bekaert | Zendy; Janet Catterick | Zendy; Rachel Galassini | Zendy; Emma Hall | Zendy; Margaret Warren-Perry | Zendy; Geoffrey J. Beckett | Zendy

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Randomized controlled trial of the effect of selenium supplementation on thyroid function in the elderly in the United Kingdom

Author(s) -

Margaret P. Rayman,

Alex J. Thompson,

Bram Bekaert,

Janet Catterick,

Rachel Galassini,

Emma Hall,

Margaret Warren-Perry,

Geoffrey J. Beckett

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

american journal of clinical nutrition

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.608

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1938-3207

pISSN - 0002-9165

DOI - 10.1093/ajcn/87.2.370

Subject(s) - selenium , medicine , euthyroid , endocrinology , thyroid function , deiodinase , triiodothyronine , thyroid , thyroid stimulating hormone , placebo , hormone , chemistry , alternative medicine , organic chemistry , pathology

Thyroid function depends on the essential trace mineral selenium, which is at the active center of the iodothyronine deiodinase enzymes that catalyze the conversion of the prohormone thyroxine (T(4)) to the active form of thyroid hormone, triiodothyronine (T(3)).

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