Objective: To explore the effect of selenium supplement on the disordered lipid metabolism induced by the overdose of iodine in mice.
Methods: The 80 Balb/c mice were randomly divided into eight groups, the normal control group, the high iodine group (drunk the water containing iodine 3000 microg/L) and six selenium groups (drunk the water containing iodine 3000 microg/L and selenium 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.75 mg/L). The total cholesterol and triglyceride in serum and liver were determined.
Results: The total cholesterol in serum, the total cholesterol and triglyceride in liver of high-iodine group increased significantly compared with normal control group. There is no difference between normal control group and the group drunk the water contained 0.2 mg/L selenium.
Conclusion: It suggests that it is an effective intervention dosage to drunk water containing 0.2 mg/L selenium.