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animals products (generally higher)
plant foods (depends on se in the soil) |
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ORGANIC- as amino acids/selenoamino acid: selenomethonine and selenocysteine
INORGANIC- selenite and selenate (usually added to foods)
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| se is mostly found in what form in foods |
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| one of the selenoamino acids (selenomethonine or selenocysteine) |
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| carrier proteins in small intestines |
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antioxidant (glutathione peroxidase)
thyroid hormone synthesis |
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| keshan disease found mostly in china) |
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| garlic breath is characteristic of toxicity of what mineral? |
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| iodine content in foods depends on |
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| soil/ higher near the sea |
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| do processed foods use iodized salt? |
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| I is absorbed from your _____and stored in _______ |
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stomach and small intestines
thyroid gland |
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| thyroid hormone synthesis |
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triiodothyronine (t3)
thyroxine (t4) |
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| thyroid hormones effect what organs |
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adipose tisssue
muscle
bone
cardiovascualr sys
GI tract
metabolism |
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| thyroid hormones are involved in |
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| interfere with the use of iodine or the function of the thyroid |
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| enlargment of the thyroid b/c of overstimulation of the thyroid by TSH. (adults) |
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| iodine deficiency in children |
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| cretinism (born with neurologic prob, deaf-mute) |
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| enlargement of thyroid gland |
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| chromium form that is safe |
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| main function of chromium |
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enhances insulin function. attaches to insulin receptors inside cells and facilitates the work of insulin.
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| MOLYBDENUM is absorbed and transported as |
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| molybdate; through diffusion and active transport with a carrier |
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| molybdenum is found in foods and organs as |
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| molybdate or molybdopterin |
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| contents of molybdopterin |
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cofactor for degrading purines in DNA
for detoxifying drugs in the liver
metabolism of sulfur containing amino acids |
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rare
genetic defects in molybdopterin cofactor or sulfite oxidase=neurologic abnormalities including seizures and severe brain damage. |
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