Journal article
Reduced selenium in asthmatic subjects in New Zealand.
Abstract
Selenium is an essential component of glutathione peroxidase, an enzyme that helps protect cells against oxidation damage and modulates the lipoxygenase pathway of arachidonic acid metabolism. Low selenium concentrations might therefore influence the inflammatory process in asthma by reducing the activity of glutathione peroxidase. Whole blood and plasma selenium concentrations and glutathione peroxidase activity have been measured in 56 …
Authors
Flatt A; Pearce N; Thomson CD; Sears MR; Robinson MF; Beasley R
Journal
Thorax, Vol. 45, No. 2,
Publisher
BMJ
Publication Date
February 1, 1990
DOI
10.1136/thx.45.2.95
ISSN
0040-6376