Rubhana Raqib, Roy Sk, M. Jubayer Rahman, Tasnim Azim et al.
Background Several studies showed benefits of long-term zinc supplementation on the incidence, severity, and duration of diarrhea and on the incidence of respiratory infections. Prolonged zinc supplementation also improves cell-mediated immunity in severely malnourished children. Objective We studie...
Xue Chen, Zengyu Zhang, Minghua Gu, Hong Li et al.
Selenium (Se) deficiency is a public health concern that is mainly caused by inadequate intake of Se from staple crops. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of inoculation with different arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus (AMF) strains, including Funneliformis mosseae (Fm) and Glomus v...
Tahmina Islam, Mrinalini Manna, Malireddy K. Reddy
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) arise in the plant system due to inevitable influence of various environmental stimuli. Glutathione peroxidases are one of the important ROS scavengers inside the cell. A glutathione peroxidase (PgGPx) gene was previously found from Pennisetum glauccum abiotic stressed ...
Shijie Wang, Xiong Guo, Hong Zuo, Yin Gang Zhang et al.
OBJECTIVE: Kashin-Beck disease (KBD) is a chronic, endemic osteochondropathy principally occurring in children. We investigated apoptotic chondrocyte death and the expression of Bcl-2, Bax, Fas, and inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) in articular cartilage from patients with KBD in order to dete...
Md. Kamrul Hasan, Chenxu Liu, Yan‐Ting Pan, Golam Jalal Ahammed et al.
Despite involvement of melatonin (MT) in plant growth and stress tolerance, its role in sulfur (S) acquisition and assimilation remains unclear. Here we report that low-S conditions cause serious growth inhibition by reducing chlorophyll content, photosynthesis and biomass accumulation. S deficiency...
Mirza Hasanuzzaman, Kamrun Nahar, Pedro García-Caparrós, Khursheda Parvin et al.
Selenium (Se) supplementation can restrict metal uptake by roots and translocation to shoots, which is one of the vital stress tolerance mechanisms. Selenium can also enhance cellular functions like membrane stability, mineral nutrition homeostasis, antioxidant response, photosynthesis, and thus imp...
Md. Mostafizur Rahman, Rachael A. Uson‐Lopez, Md. Tajuddin Sikder, Gongxun Tan et al.
Arsenic is well known toxicant responsible for human diseases including cancers. On the other hand, selenium is an essential trace element with significant chemopreventive effects, anticancer potentials and antioxidant properties. Although previous studies have reported antagonism/synergism between ...
Helena Skröder Löveborn, Maria Kippler, Ying Lu, Sultan Ahmed et al.
Arsenic toxicity in adults is associated with methylation efficiency, influenced by factors such as gender, genetics, and nutrition. The aim of this study was to evaluate influencing factors for arsenic metabolism in children. For 488 children (9 years), whose mothers participated in a study on arse...
Izabela Michalak, Katarzyna Dziergowska, Mahmoud Alagawany, Mayada R. Farag et al.
The application of high doses of mineral feed additives in the form of inorganic salts increases the growth performance of animals, but at the same, due to their low bioavailability, can contaminate the environment. Therefore, there is a need to find a replacement of administering high doses of mine...
Dayong Wang, Yang Wang
Whether the multiple biological toxicities from nickel exposure could be transferred to progeny has not been clarified. In this report, we explored the Caenorhabditis elegans to analyze the multiple toxicities of nickel and their possibly transferable properties. The nickel toxicity caused multiple ...
Wendy Verret, Yu Chen, Alauddin Ahmed, Tariqul Islam et al.
OBJECTIVE: We sought to determine whether supplementation of vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol), selenium (L-selenomethionine), or their combination improves arsenical skin lesions. METHODS: A 2 x 2 randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial among 121 men and women chronically exposed to arsenic i...
Felor Zargari, Md. Shiblur Rahaman, Robab Kazempour, Mahbobeh Hajirostamlou
Infertility is a severe medical problem and is considered a serious global public health issue affecting a large proportion of humanity. Oxidative stress is one of the most crucial factors involved in infertility. Recent studies indicate that the overproduction of reactive oxygen species (ROS) or re...
Jing Ge, Lili Liu, Zheng‐Guo Cui, Milton Talukder et al.
Cadmium (Cd) is a ubiquitous environmental pollutant, which mainly input to the aquatic environment through discharge of industrial and agricultural waste, can be a threat to human and animal health. Selenium (Se) possesses a beneficial role in protecting animals and ameliorating the toxic effects o...
Abdullah Al Mamun Sohag, Md. Tahjib‐Ul‐Arif, Mohammed Arif Sadik Polash, Md. Belal Chowdhury et al.
Dil Thavarajah, Albert Vandenberg, Graham N. George, Ingrid J. Pickering
Lentils (Lens culinaris L.) are a source of many essential dietary components and trace elements for human health. In this study we show that lentils grown in the Canadian prairies are additionally enriched in selenium, an essential micronutrient needed for general well-being, including a healthy im...