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. 2017 Feb 25;22(3):354. doi: 10.3390/molecules22030354

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Scheme 1 — Proposed glutathione peroxidase (GPx)-like catalytic cycle of a selenide. (A) selenide/selenoxide redox pathways mainly observed in water [26,27,28,29]; (B) another catalytic cycle mediated by hydroxyselenonium 3 and hydroxy perhydroxy selenane 4 as a highly active oxidant [32].