Selenoneine is a major selenium species in beluga skin and red blood cells of Inuit from Nunavik

• Published in: Chemosphere
• Main Authors: Lemire, Mélanie, Dumas, Pierre, Little, Matthew, Achouba, Adel, Ayotte, Pierre, Ouellet, Nathalie
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 2020
• Subjects: Selenium; Selenoneine; Inuit; Beluga whale; Methylmercury; Nunavik; Sélénium > Composés; Inuits > Alimentation; Inuits > Santé et hygiène; Béluga; Érythrocytes; Méthylmercure; Canada; Hudson; Hudson Strait; Beluga; Beluga*; Béluga*; inuit; inuits
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11794/38377; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.04.191

Nunavimmiut (Inuit of Nunavik, Northern Quebec, Canada) exhibit a high selenium (Se) status because oftheir frequent consumption of marine mammal foods. Indirect evidence from our previous studies hadsuggested that selenoneineea novel selenocompoundemay be accumulating in the blood of Nuna-vimmiut....