Assertion: selenium | /r/HasProperty | important
Facets:
value: in immune function
type: OTHER
value: in antioxidant defense
type: PURPOSE
value: in thyroid hormone production
type: OTHER
value: in the brain
type: LOCATION
value: in humans
type: OTHER
value: because of maintaining
type: CAUSE
value: both
type: DEGREE
value: in metabolism
type: OTHER
value: in the stimulation of antibodies
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: because of its role in tissue repair
type: CAUSE
Source sentences:
text: Why Selenium is Important
text: Selenium is an important element for the proper functioning of the nervous system.
text: Selenium is an important co-factor for the antioxidant enzyme glutathione-peroxidase, which helps boost the immune system, protect against cardiovascular disease, improve fertility, ward off the growth of cancerous cells, and increase thyroid metabolism.
text: Hence, Selenium is important for detoxifying and protecting the liver and its functions.
text: Selenium is also considered an important component in naturopathic life extension (longevity) diets , because of its role in tissue repair and maintaining the youthful elasticity of skin.
text: Studies have shown that selenium is important in the stimulation of antibodies, which are elements of the immune system that seek out and destroy viral, bacterial, fungal, and protozoan foreign bodies that result in diseases and infections.
text: In general, selenium is thought to be important in a number of varied aspects of health: for a healthy immune system, for a protective effect against some forms of cancer, to maintain and enhance male fertility, for a reduction in cardiovascular mortality and to regulate inflammatory markers in asthma.
text: Selenium is more concentrated in the thyroid than in other organ in the body, and it is important in the production and metabolism of thyroid hormone.
text: A 2003 paper published in "Folia Microbiologica" noted that zinc and selenium are both important in modulating immune function.
text: In humans, selenium is important as several disorders are associated with its deficiency.
text: This same paper tells us that when push comes to shove and selenium is deficient, the brain is the last place that selenium levels drop, suggesting that in the brain, selenium is important.
text: Selenium is important because when light strikes the charged selenium, the charge disappears.
text: Although it is only needed in small amounts, selenium is important in antioxidant defense, immune function, thyroid hormone production, and has possible anticarcinogenic effects.