Research Progress of Selenium-Enriched Foods

作者：Zhenna Chen, Yiqing Lu, Xiaoling Dun, Xinfa Wang, Hanzhong Wang · 发表于：Nutrients · 年份：2023 · DOI：10.3390/nu15194189 · 被引用次数：84 · 研究领域：Selenium in Biological Systems、Trace Elements in Health、Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity

Selenium is an essential micronutrient that plays a crucial role in maintaining human health. Selenium deficiency is seriously associated with various diseases such as Keshan disease, Kashin-Beck disease, cataracts, and others. Conversely, selenium supplementation has been found to have multiple effects, including antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and anticancer functions. Compared with inorganic selenium, organic selenium exhibits higher bioactivities and a wider range of safe concentrations. Consequently, there has been a significant development of selenium-enriched foods which contain large amounts of organic selenium in order to improve human health. This review summarizes the physiological role and metabolism of selenium, the development of selenium-enriched foods, the physiological functions of selenium-enriched foods, and provides an analysis of total selenium and its species in selenium-enriched foods, with a view to laying the foundation for selenium-enriched food development.