The Indian Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics

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Selenium Content of Omnivorous and Vegetarian Diets


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1 North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, N C. 27411, United States
2 21 Osage Drive West, A-1, Ossining, N. Y. 10562, United States
     

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Interest in the biological significance of selenium was initially confined to its toxic effect on animals. Toxicity of this element in animals was first demonstrated in 1842. Attention became focused upon the physiological rather than the toxicological role of selenium in 1957.
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Seetha N. Ganapathy
North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, N C. 27411, United States
Rita Dhanda
21 Osage Drive West, A-1, Ossining, N. Y. 10562, United States

Abstract


Interest in the biological significance of selenium was initially confined to its toxic effect on animals. Toxicity of this element in animals was first demonstrated in 1842. Attention became focused upon the physiological rather than the toxicological role of selenium in 1957.