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ReviewNutrients2018

Selenium Analysis and Speciation in Dietary Supplements Based on Next-Generation Selenium Ingredients.

Diana Constantinescu-Aruxandei, Rodica Mihaela Frîncu, Luiza Capră, Florin Oancea

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Review in Nutrients, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
37citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.6field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

37 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 113 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Diana Constantinescu-AruxandeiNational Research & Development Institute for Chemistry and Petrochemistry ICECHIM, 202 Splaiul Independentei, 060021 Bucharest, Romania. doro31@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0002-3548-8443
Rodica Mihaela FrîncuINCDCP-ICECHIM Calarasi Subsidiary, 7A Nicolae Titulescu St., 915300 Lehliu Gara, Romania. icechim.calarasi@gmail.com.
Luiza CaprăNational Research & Development Institute for Chemistry and Petrochemistry ICECHIM, 202 Splaiul Independentei, 060021 Bucharest, Romania. luizacapra@yahoo.com.
Florin OanceaNational Research & Development Institute for Chemistry and Petrochemistry ICECHIM, 202 Splaiul Independentei, 060021 Bucharest, Romania. Florin.Oancea@icechim.ro.ORCID 0000-0002-7723-1814
Institutul Naţional de Cercetare Dezvoltare pentru Chimie si Petrochimie · RONational Institute for Research and Development in Environmental Protection · RO

Funding

Ministerul Educației și Cercetării Științifice Project PN.18.22.01.01
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Selenium is essential for humans and the deficit of Se requires supplementation. In addition to traditional forms such as Se salts, amino acids, or selenium-enriched yeast supplements, next-generation selenium supplements, with lower risk for excess supplementation, are emerging. These are based on selenium forms with lower toxicity, higher bioavailability, and controlled release, such as zerovalent selenium nanoparticles (SeNPs) and selenized polysaccharides (SPs). This article aims to focus on the existing analytical systems for the next-generation Se dietary supplement, providing, at the same time, an overview of the analytical methods available for the traditional forms. The next-generation dietary supplements are evaluated in comparison with the conventional/traditional ones, as well as the analysis and speciation methods that are suitable to reveal which Se forms and species are present in a dietary supplement. Knowledge gaps and further research potential in this field are highlighted. The review indicates that the methods of analysis of next-generation selenium supplements should include a step related to chemical species separation. Such a step would allow a proper characterization of the selenium forms/species, including molecular mass/dimension, and substantiates the marketing claims related to the main advantages of these new selenium ingredients.

Indexed as

Biological AvailabilityDietary SupplementsHumansNanoparticlesSeleniumSeleniumanalysisnext-generation supplementsseleniumselenium nanoparticlesselenium polysaccharidesspeciationzerovalent selenium

Identifiers

PMID30304813
PMCPMC6213372
OpenAlexW2896319111

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