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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Dietary Effects of Selenium During Reproduction in the Rat (Lactation, Milk, Pregnancy, Bioavailability, Glutathione Peroxidase)
Abstract
dc:descriptionThe National Research Council (NRC) has recommended a dietary selenium (Se) concentration of 0.1 ppm for the laboratory rat. This dietary level produced maximal liver glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) activity in growing male rats. Similar studies were not performed in female rats during growth or reproduction. The present studies were designed to determine the following: (1) concentration of dietary Se necessary for optimum Se status in reproducing rats and offspring as assessed by tissue Se and GSH-Px activity, (2) bioavailability of organic Se relative to selenite in the maternal diet during lactation, and (3) utilization of dietary Se during lactation.
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Ph.D.
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Dissertation
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Food Science
- Grantor
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Year dc:date
- 2015
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Smith, Anne Hickey
Subjects
dc:subject × 1Rights
- Language dc:language
- eng
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Identifier
- (UMI)AAI8623413
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/77456