“…While Brazil nuts (Bertholletia excelsa, family Lecythidaceae) have been known (Barclay et al, 1995;Chang et al, 1995) to contain a high amount of Se, more recent studies (Manjusha et al, 2007;Dumont et al, 2006;Kannamkumarath et al, 2002) have examined the distribution of Se species among different fractions (e.g. proteins) of the nut.…”