Selenium is a trace element in animal nutrition provided through forage. Vegetation should accumulate adequate levels to meet this livestock requirement. This study assessed southeastern Missouri soils for their selen...Selenium is a trace element in animal nutrition provided through forage. Vegetation should accumulate adequate levels to meet this livestock requirement. This study assessed southeastern Missouri soils for their selenium concentrations. Multiple sites across southeastern Missouri were sampled, from which a total of twenty-six soils were collected. Parent materials ranged from coarse to fine-textured alluvium and terrace deposits, colluvium, loess, limestone residuum and rhyolite residuum from poor to well-drained soils. The mean whole soil selenium contents ranged from less than 0.1 mg Se kg<sup>-1</sup> for the Kaintuck pedons to 1.0, 2.2, and 2.4 mg Se kg<sup>-1</sup> for the Irondale, Killarney, and Frenchmill pedons. For individual soils, Menfro pedons were deep, well-drained soils developed in loess. Paired Menfro pedons having similar soil morphology and having A-E-BE-Bt-C horizon sequences were selected and the greatest selenium concentrations were in the argillic horizons. Soils having fine textures (clayey) had moderate selenium concentrations, whereas soils having coarse textures (sandy) revealed minimal selenium concentrations. A wide soil selenium concentration variation was shown;however, no toxic selenium levels were measured. Therefore, soil selenium toxicity is not a regional issue. Noting that soil selenium concentrations in medium to fine-textured soils are appropriate for providing selenium to livestock, the need to artificially soil incorporate selenium or add selenium into the livestock ration remains critical for coarse-textured soils.展开更多
Osteoporosis is a typical physiological disease,the main symptoms of which are brittle fracture,bone pain and easily deformed.As an individual ages,the prevalence of osteoporosis increases year by year.In the present ...Osteoporosis is a typical physiological disease,the main symptoms of which are brittle fracture,bone pain and easily deformed.As an individual ages,the prevalence of osteoporosis increases year by year.In the present study,selenium with antioxidant,immunomodulatory and anti-tumor effects was used to prevent osteoporosis induced by retinoic acid.The serum calcium contents in the selenium-treated groups(sodium selenite and selenomethionine)were significantly higher(P<0.05)than those in the model group in both the prevention and treatment studies.After pre-vention,glutamic-oxalacetic transaminase transaminase(GOT),glutamate transaminase(GPT),alkaline phosphatase(ALP)and tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase(TRACP)levels were significantly(P<0.05)decreased.In the treatment study,the serum calcium and phosphorus contents of the rats increased after selenium treatment.There was no significant change(P>0.05)in the activity of GOT and GPT.The content of ALP decreased obviously and the TRACP enzyme activity increased.Overall,these results showed that different forms of selenium compounds have great potential in preventing and treating osteoporosis.展开更多
文摘Selenium is a trace element in animal nutrition provided through forage. Vegetation should accumulate adequate levels to meet this livestock requirement. This study assessed southeastern Missouri soils for their selenium concentrations. Multiple sites across southeastern Missouri were sampled, from which a total of twenty-six soils were collected. Parent materials ranged from coarse to fine-textured alluvium and terrace deposits, colluvium, loess, limestone residuum and rhyolite residuum from poor to well-drained soils. The mean whole soil selenium contents ranged from less than 0.1 mg Se kg<sup>-1</sup> for the Kaintuck pedons to 1.0, 2.2, and 2.4 mg Se kg<sup>-1</sup> for the Irondale, Killarney, and Frenchmill pedons. For individual soils, Menfro pedons were deep, well-drained soils developed in loess. Paired Menfro pedons having similar soil morphology and having A-E-BE-Bt-C horizon sequences were selected and the greatest selenium concentrations were in the argillic horizons. Soils having fine textures (clayey) had moderate selenium concentrations, whereas soils having coarse textures (sandy) revealed minimal selenium concentrations. A wide soil selenium concentration variation was shown;however, no toxic selenium levels were measured. Therefore, soil selenium toxicity is not a regional issue. Noting that soil selenium concentrations in medium to fine-textured soils are appropriate for providing selenium to livestock, the need to artificially soil incorporate selenium or add selenium into the livestock ration remains critical for coarse-textured soils.
文摘Osteoporosis is a typical physiological disease,the main symptoms of which are brittle fracture,bone pain and easily deformed.As an individual ages,the prevalence of osteoporosis increases year by year.In the present study,selenium with antioxidant,immunomodulatory and anti-tumor effects was used to prevent osteoporosis induced by retinoic acid.The serum calcium contents in the selenium-treated groups(sodium selenite and selenomethionine)were significantly higher(P<0.05)than those in the model group in both the prevention and treatment studies.After pre-vention,glutamic-oxalacetic transaminase transaminase(GOT),glutamate transaminase(GPT),alkaline phosphatase(ALP)and tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase(TRACP)levels were significantly(P<0.05)decreased.In the treatment study,the serum calcium and phosphorus contents of the rats increased after selenium treatment.There was no significant change(P>0.05)in the activity of GOT and GPT.The content of ALP decreased obviously and the TRACP enzyme activity increased.Overall,these results showed that different forms of selenium compounds have great potential in preventing and treating osteoporosis.
