Frontiers in Physiology (Apr 2023)

The effect of selenium on antioxidant system in aquaculture animals

  • Zi-Meng Li,
  • Zi-Meng Li,
  • Zi-Meng Li,
  • Xiu-Li Wang,
  • Xiu-Li Wang,
  • Xiao-Min Jin,
  • Jia-Qiang Huang,
  • Jia-Qiang Huang,
  • Lian-Shun Wang,
  • Lian-Shun Wang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2023.1153511
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14

Abstract

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There will be generated some adverse conditions in the process of acquculture farming with the continuous improvement of the intensive degree of modern aquaculture, such as crowding stress, hypoxia, and malnutrition, which will easily lead to oxidative stress. Se is an effective antioxidant, participating and playing an important role in the antioxidant defense system of fish. This paper reviews the physiological functions of selenoproteins in resisting oxidative stress in aquatic animals, the mechanisms of different forms of Se in anti-oxidative stress in aquatic animals and the harmful effects of lower and higher levels of Se in aquaculture. To summarize the application and research progress of Se in oxidative stress in aquatic animals and provide scientific references for its application in anti-oxidative stress in aquaculture.

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