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30 Citations

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15 Pages

Selenium-Enriched Agaricus bisporus Mushroom Protects against Increase in Gut Permeability ex vivo and Up-Regulates Glutathione Peroxidase 1 and 2 in Hyperthermally-Induced Oxidative Stress in Rats

Tebo Maseko,
Frank Rowland Dunshea,
Kate Howell,
Hyun-Jung Cho,
Leni Rose Rivera,
John Barton Furness and
Ken Ng

Nutrients2014, 6(6), 2478-2492;https://doi.org/10.3390/nu6062478

24 June 2014

Dietary effects of organic Se supplementation in the form of Se-enriched Agaricus bisporus mushroom on ileal mucosal permeability and antioxidant selenoenzymes status in heat induced oxidative stress in rats were evaluated. Acute heat stress (40 °C,...

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13 Citations

7,219 Views

18 Pages

Influence of Two Depuration Periods on the Activity and Transcription of Antioxidant Enzymes in Tilapia Exposed to Repeated Doses of Cylindrospermopsin under Laboratory Conditions

Victoria Ríos,
Remedios Guzmán-Guillén,
Isabel M. Moreno,
Ana I. Prieto,
María Puerto,
Angeles Jos and
Ana M. Cameán

Toxins2014, 6(3), 1062-1079;https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins6031062

13 March 2014

The cyanobacterial toxin Cylindrospermopsin (CYN), a potent protein synthesis inhibitor, is increasingly being found in freshwater bodies infested by cyanobacterial blooms worldwide. Moreover, it has been reported to be implicated in human intoxicati...

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37 Citations

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11 Pages

Selenium Fortification of an Italian Rice Cultivar via Foliar Fertilization with Sodium Selenate and Its Effects on Human Serum Selenium Levels and on Erythrocyte Glutathione Peroxidase Activity

Attilio Giacosa,
Milena Anna Faliva,
Simone Perna,
Claudio Minoia,
Anna Ronchi and
Mariangela Rondanelli

Nutrients2014, 6(3), 1251-1261;https://doi.org/10.3390/nu6031251

24 March 2014

Selenium food fortification could be a cost-effective strategy to counteract the inadequacy of selenium intake among the Italian population. In this study, the effect of foliar fertilization with sodium selenate of an Italian rice cultivar and the in...

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Structural and Oxidative Changes in the Kidney of Crucian Carp Induced by Silicon-Based Quantum Dots

Sorina Nicoleta Petrache,
Loredana Stanca,
Andreea Iren Serban,
Cornelia Sima,
Andreia Cristina Staicu,
Maria Cristina Munteanu,
Marieta Costache,
Radu Burlacu,
Otilia Zarnescu and
Anca Dinischiotu

Int. J. Mol. Sci.2012, 13(8), 10193-10211;https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms130810193

16 August 2012

Silicon-based quantum dots were intraperitoneally injected in Carassius auratus gibelio specimens and, over one week, the effects on renal tissue were investigated by following their distribution and histological effects, as well as antioxidative sys...

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Up-Regulation of Mitochondrial Antioxidant Superoxide Dismutase Underpins Persistent Cardiac Nutritional-Preconditioning by Long Chain n-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in the Rat

Grace G. Abdukeyum,
Alice J. Owen,
Theresa A. Larkin and
Peter L. McLennan

J. Clin. Med.2016, 5(3), 32;https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm5030032

4 March 2016

Reactive oxygen species paradoxically underpin both ischaemia/reperfusion (I/R) damage and ischaemic preconditioning (IPC) cardioprotection. Long-chain omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (LCn-3 PUFA) are highly susceptible to peroxidation, but are p...

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