[Selenium enriched spirulina and phycocyanin are sources of bioavailable selenium].
Rats were fed for two weeks low-selenium semi-synthetic diet supplemented with different sources of selenium: sodium selenite (selenium concentration 96 and 350 mcg/kg diet), selenium-enriched Spirulina (selenium concentration 350 mcg/kg diet) and selenium-enriched Phycocyanin (selenium concentration 96 mcg/kg diet). Selenium bioavailability was evaluated in terms of selenium accumulation in blood and liver as well as glutathione peroxidase activity. It was shown that selenium from selenium-enriched Spirulina and selenium-enriched phycocyanin was high bioavailable in rats.
Kravchenko
L V
LV
Gladkikh
O L
OL
Gmoshinskiĭ
I V
IV
Mazo
V K
VK
D000818:Animals; D001682:Biological Availability; D019587:Dietary Supplements; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D010798:Phycocyanin; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D018038:Sodium Selenite / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D053545:Spirulina
D010798:Phycocyanin; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase; D018038:Sodium Selenite