# Organoselenium and organotellurium chemistry

**Type:** Topics  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/topics/organoselenium-and-organotellurium-chemistry/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Description | This cluster of papers focuses on the toxicology, pharmacology, and chemistry of organoselenium compounds, including their role as antioxidants, glutathione peroxidase mimetics, and potential therapeutic agents. It also explores the catalytic reactions and biological pathways associated with these compounds, as well as their interactions with tellurium and their chemopreventive properties. |
| Domain | Life Sciences |
| Field | Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics |
| OpenAlex ID | t11931 |
| Works | 12 |

## Topic papers all

- [Selenium, selenoproteins and neurodegenerative diseases](https://scholariq.org/papers/selenium-selenoproteins-and-neurodegenerative-diseases/)
- [Small molecule selenium-containing compounds: Recent development and therapeutic applications](https://scholariq.org/papers/small-molecule-selenium-containing-compounds-recent-development-and-therapeutic/)
- [Selenium Supplementation in the Treatment of Hashimoto's Thyroiditis: A Systematic Review and a Meta-analysis](https://scholariq.org/papers/selenium-supplementation-in-the-treatment-of-hashimoto-s-thyroiditis-a/)
- [Comparison of the effects of an organic and an inorganic form of selenium on a mammary carcinoma cell line](https://scholariq.org/papers/comparison-of-the-effects-of-an-organic-and-an-inorganic-form-of-selenium-on-a/)
- [Cerebrospinal fluid of newly diagnosed amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients exhibits abnormal levels of selenium species including elevated selenite](https://scholariq.org/papers/cerebrospinal-fluid-of-newly-diagnosed-amyotrophic-lateral-sclerosis-patients/)
- [Desymmetrizing Enantio- and Diastereoselective Selenoetherification through Supramolecular Catalysis](https://scholariq.org/papers/desymmetrizing-enantio-and-diastereoselective-selenoetherification-through/)
- [m-Trifluoromethyl-diphenyl diselenide, a multi-target selenium compound, prevented mechanical allodynia and depressive-like behavior in a mouse comorbid pain and depression model](https://scholariq.org/papers/m-trifluoromethyl-diphenyl-diselenide-a-multi-target-selenium-compound-prevented/)
- [Diphenyl diselenide-supplemented diet and swimming exercise enhance novel object recognition memory in old rats](https://scholariq.org/papers/diphenyl-diselenide-supplemented-diet-and-swimming-exercise-enhance-novel-object/)
- [Involvement of BDNF/TrkB signaling in the effect of diphenyl diselenide on motor function in a Parkinson's disease rat model](https://scholariq.org/papers/involvement-of-bdnf-trkb-signaling-in-the-effect-of-diphenyl-diselenide-on-motor/)
- [Recent developments in thio‐, seleno‐, and telluro‐ether ligand chemistry](https://scholariq.org/papers/recent-developments-in-thio-seleno-and-telluro-ether-ligand-chemistry/)
- [The source of circulating selenoprotein S and its association with type 2 diabetes mellitus and atherosclerosis: a preliminary study](https://scholariq.org/papers/the-source-of-circulating-selenoprotein-s-and-its-association-with-type-2/)
- [Synthesis, spectroscopic and structural characterisation of complexes of the new ditelluroether 1,2-bis(methyltelluromethyl)benzene, o-C6H4(CH2TeMe)2. X-ray structures of \[Mn(CO)3Cl{o-C6H4(CH2TeMe)2}\] and \[W(CO)4{o-C6H4(CH2TeMe)2}\]](https://scholariq.org/papers/synthesis-spectroscopic-and-structural-characterisation-of-complexes-of-the-new/)

## Topic primary papers

- [Desymmetrizing Enantio- and Diastereoselective Selenoetherification through Supramolecular Catalysis](https://scholariq.org/papers/desymmetrizing-enantio-and-diastereoselective-selenoetherification-through/)
- [m-Trifluoromethyl-diphenyl diselenide, a multi-target selenium compound, prevented mechanical allodynia and depressive-like behavior in a mouse comorbid pain and depression model](https://scholariq.org/papers/m-trifluoromethyl-diphenyl-diselenide-a-multi-target-selenium-compound-prevented/)
- [Diphenyl diselenide-supplemented diet and swimming exercise enhance novel object recognition memory in old rats](https://scholariq.org/papers/diphenyl-diselenide-supplemented-diet-and-swimming-exercise-enhance-novel-object/)
- [Involvement of BDNF/TrkB signaling in the effect of diphenyl diselenide on motor function in a Parkinson's disease rat model](https://scholariq.org/papers/involvement-of-bdnf-trkb-signaling-in-the-effect-of-diphenyl-diselenide-on-motor/)
- [Recent developments in thio‐, seleno‐, and telluro‐ether ligand chemistry](https://scholariq.org/papers/recent-developments-in-thio-seleno-and-telluro-ether-ligand-chemistry/)
- [Synthesis, spectroscopic and structural characterisation of complexes of the new ditelluroether 1,2-bis(methyltelluromethyl)benzene, o-C6H4(CH2TeMe)2. X-ray structures of \[Mn(CO)3Cl{o-C6H4(CH2TeMe)2}\] and \[W(CO)4{o-C6H4(CH2TeMe)2}\]](https://scholariq.org/papers/synthesis-spectroscopic-and-structural-characterisation-of-complexes-of-the-new/)

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