Selenium Metabolites in Urine: A Critical Overview of Past Work and Current Status

Clinical Chemistry | December 1, 2004| | Copyright

Background: Selenium is an essential trace element that also elicits toxic effects at modest intakes. Investigations of selenium metabolites in urine can help our understanding of the transformations taking place in the body that produce these beneficial and detrimental effects. There is, however , considerable discord in the scientific literature regarding the selenium metabolites thought to play important roles in these biotransformation processes.

Approach: We critically assessed the published reports on selenium urinary metabolites, from the first report in 1969 to the present, in terms of ...

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