After rats were fed separately with selenium-low (Se: 0.021 ppm) and selenium-supplemented diet(Se: 0.250 ppm) for 12 weeks, the effects of selenium on RNA synthesis and RNA content were observed and compared by determination of UR—~3H incorporation into RNA in pancreas. The results indicated that selenium could prevent obstruction of RNA syntesies, reduction of RNA content and GSH-Px activity, increase of TBA value due to selenium-low diet, and protect...
