Enzymes and acute phase reactants in serum of selenium treated rats bearing adenocarcinoma

Sodium selenite was administered to the rats bearing subcutaneously transplanted adenocarcinoma. The following determinations were carried out in serum: gamma-glutamyl transferase, aminotransferases, alkaline phosphatase and its placental isoform, haptoglobin, protein- and lipid-bound sialic acid. Changes observed in catalytic activities and concentrations of the examined parameters could be ascribed rather to the presence of the tumor than to the effect of the selenium treatment.