selenylation

English

Etymology

From selenyl +‎ -ation.

Noun

selenylation (plural selenylations)

1. (chemistry) Any reaction involving the addition of a selenium compound
   • 2015 August 1, “Effects of Selenylation Modification on Antioxidative Activities of Schisandra chinensis Polysaccharide”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     These results indicate that selenylation modification can significantly enhance the antioxidant and antiglycative activity of SCP in vitro or in vivo. sSCP 1 possesses the best efficacy and its modification conditions can be as optimal modification conditions that were 200 mg of Na 2 SeO 3 for 500 mg of SCP, reaction temperature of 50°C and reaction time of 6 h.