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. 1984 Oct;48(4):431–433.

Comparison of selenium levels and glutathione peroxidase activity in bovine whole blood.

L D Koller, P J South, J H Exon, G A Whitbeck, J Maas
PMCID: PMC1236100  PMID: 6509373

Abstract

Blood glutathione peroxidase activity and selenium levels were found to correlate well, indicating that glutathione peroxidase activity can be used to assess blood selenium levels in beef cattle. The glutathione peroxidase activity of blood is less stable than is the selenium concentration but when blood was stored at 4 degrees C, the glutathione peroxidase activity remained constant for seven days.

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