SCREENING OF SELEMIUM CONTENT OF SOME SPICES AND WHEAT PRODUCTS AND STUDYING OF ITS CYTOTOXIC EFFECT ON HUMAN TUMORS.

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Food Technology Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center. Giza, Egypt.

Abstract

Screening the amount of selenium in some spices and wheat products was
carried a ut. Among 20 samples. anise had the highest amount of selenium (0.687
ppm). For wheat products, wheat bran contained the highest level of selenium (0.363
ppm). The optimal pH for extracting selenium from wheat bran was 6. Selenium
showed a cytotoxic activity against brain tumor ceil line (U251), human hepato cellular
cell line (Hepg2) and lung carcinoma cell line (H460).