Dietary selenate attenuates adiposity and improves insulin sensitivity in high-fat diet-induced obese mice

Selenium is an essential micronutrient required for maintaining cellular redox homeostasis. Despite its potential beneficial role in lowering the risk of type 2 diabetes in humans with lower selenium status and diabetic mice, its role in preventing the development of obesity and metabolic syndrome i...

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Main Authors: Choon Young Kim, Yuyan Zhu, Kimberly K. Buhman, Kee-Hong Kim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-08-01
Series:Journal of Functional Foods
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1756464615002455