Selenomethionine human selenium supplementation

Roy, M., Kiremidjian-Schumacher, L., Wishe, H., Cohen, M.W., and Stotzky, G. 1994. Supplementation with selenium and human immune cell functions. I. Effect on lymphocyte proliferation and interleukin 2 receptor expression. Biol. Trace Elem. Res. 41, 103-114. Schrauzer, G.N. 1998a. Selenomethionine and selenium yeast appropriate forms of selenium for use in infant formulas and nutritional supplements. J. Med. Foods 1, 201-206. 

Other studies have indicated that humans might absorb selenomethionine more efficiently than sodium selenite (Moser-Veillon et al. 1992 Swanson et al. 1991). Young et al. (1982) studied human absorption of dietary selenium in young men in the United States. The men ate either 75Se-labeled chicken alone (0.013 mg selenium/person) or the chicken plus supplemental labeled sodium selenite (0.071 mg... 

Risk assessment. The model was designed to simulate the pharmacokinetics of selenium orally administered as selenomethionine to humans as a preparation for a larger anti-cancer supplementation study jointly undertaken by the NCI and the USDA (Patterson et al. 1993 Swanson et al. 1991). 

Yeasts are capable of assimilating large quantities of the trace element selenium, mostly in a form of selenomethionine, which is easily bioavailable for humans (Rayman 2004). As a safer selenium source compared to inorganic forms, selenium-enriched yeasts were used to manufacture supplements. But currently, selenium yeasts are desirable... 

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