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The serum selenium and the whole blood selenium of 72 healthy persons (47 women, 25 men) was determined. There exist sex specific differences of the whole blood selenium between men (98±19 μg Se/L) and women (89±17 μg Se/L). The serum selenium did not show sex specific differences, but sex specific differences are found if the total amount of extracellular selenium is calculated by correction of the serum selenium with the hematocrit. Women have more extracellular selenium/L whole blood (40±8 μg Se) than men (36±7 μg Se). Men have more intraerythrocyte selenium (cellular selenium=67±14 μg Se) in one L whole blood than women (52±17 μg Se). There exist also sex specific differences if the cellular selenium is calculated/g hemoglobin (men .44 μg Se/g Hb, women .37 μg Se/Hb) or per erythrocyte (men 136.1×10−19 g Se/Ery, women 113.9×10−19 g Se/Ery). In the cellular compartment of one L whole blood on the average 1.56 times more selenium is present than in the extracellular compartment. Most of the intraerythrocyte selenium is hemoglobin bound (84%) and utmost 16% glutathione peroxidase associated. An erythrocyte contains about 3500 mol glutathione peroxidase, or, for every 80000 mol hemoglobin one mol glutathione peroxidase. A standard man needs about 2.5 μg selenium/d for the synthesis of the hemoglobin and the erythrocyte. The hematological parameters hemoglobin and the erythrocyte number are correlated with the cellular selenium and the ratio cellular selenium/extracellular selenium. Positive significant correlations are found that are best if a parabolic model is used to interpret the shape of the curves. From the shape of the best correlation lines it can be concluded that selenium may be beneficial for hemoglobin synthesis and erythropoesis. The extracellular selenium may have influence on the volume of the erythrocyte by protecting the outer erythrocyte membrane from lipid peroxidation.
A method is reported based on the carbon furnace atomic absorption spectroscopy, which is able to determine without wet digestion selenium in whole blood.
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Oster, O., Schmiedel, G. & Prellwitz, W. Correlations of blood selenium with hematological parameters in West German Adults. Biol Trace Elem Res 15, 47–81 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02990126
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