These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: Red blood cell glutathione peroxidase activity as a function of selenium supplementation in dietary treated children with phenylketonuria.
    Author: Zachara BA, Wasowicz W, Gromadzińska J, Skłodowska M, Cabalska B.
    Journal: Biomed Biochim Acta; 1987; 46(2-3):S209-13. PubMed ID: 3593299.
    Abstract:
    Red blood cell glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) activity of six patients with phenylketonuria treated with aminoacid mixture and protein hydrolysate diets was significantly lower (11.2 IU/g Hb) than that of 21 age-matched healthy children (14.9 IU/g Hb). When the diets were supplemented with yeast rich in selenium the red blood cell GSH-Px activity increased already after one month of treatment to 16.1 IU/g Hb (P less than 0.001) and remained at that level during subsequent two months of selenium supplementation. A high significantly positive correlation has been found between calculated red blood cell selenium level and GSH-Px activity within three months of selenium supplementation.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]