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Selenium Compound
Any inorganic compound containing selenium, including sodium selenite, sodium selenate, selenium sulfides, selenic acid, selenium dioxide and hydrogen selenide. Selenium is an essential component of selenoproteins that are important antioxidant enzymes. (NCI Thesaurus)
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