Iodine vs Amino Acids with Selenium? Has anyone done any computer research?

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Message 78539 - Posted: 4 Aug 2015, 5:54:29 UTC
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Iodine vs Amino Acids with Selenium?

-- There are 2 Amino Acids with Selenium, and Iodine seeks to replace them nominally in organisms.

-- Iodine is usually found in the form of

Has anyone done any computer research?

== Iodine infos via Wikipeida (so treat as CENSORED) ==

[...]
Iodine is rare in the Solar System and Earth's crust (47–60th in abundance); however, iodide salts are often very soluble in water.

Iodine occurs in slightly greater concentrations in seawater than in rocks, 0.05 vs. 0.04 ppm. Minerals containing iodine include caliche, found in Chile.

The brown algae Laminaria and Fucus found in temperate zones of the Northern Hemisphere contain 0.028–0.454 dry weight percent of Iodine.

Aside from tungsten, iodine is the heaviest element to be essential in living organisms. About 19,000 tonnes are produced annually from natural sources.

Organoiodine compounds are produced by marine life forms, the most notable being iodomethane (commonly called methyl iodide).

About 214 kilotonnes/year of iodomethane is produced by the marine environment, by microbial activity in rice paddies and by the burning of biological material.

The volatile iodomethane is broken up in the atmosphere as part of a global iodine cycle.

[...]

Excess iodine can be more cytotoxic in the presence of selenium deficiency.

Iodine supplementation in selenium-deficient populations is, in theory, problematic, partly for this reason.

Its toxicity derives from its oxidizing properties, which make it able to denaturate proteins (including enzymes).

also other text via

-- Iodine_in_biology
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