Kordel’s Selenium ACE is the supplement that I chose in this assignment. Selenium ACE is a formula containing beta-carotene (3 mg per tablet), vitamin C (250 mg per tablet), vitamin D and selenium (60 mcg per tablet) in the form of selenomethionine, an organic form of selenium.1
Kordel’s company is one of leading health food supplier for a wide range of food and nutritional supplements like vitamin and mineral. The founder of Kordel’s is Dr. Lelord Kordel who concern about healthy lifestyle, balanced nutrition and pioneered program for nutritional healing and health through natural products and supplementation.

The health claim of Kordel’s Selenium ACE is “as a dietary supplement to boost immune function”. Selenium is an essential trace mineral and important component of gluthione peroxidase, thioredoxin reductase and selenoproteins which is important in antioxidant activity in the body.
Selenium can exist in many different forms either in organic selenium compound or inorganic selenium. The organic selenium compounds such as selenomethionine and selenocysteine are mainly found in dietary diet (meat) and supplements while inorganic selenium sources such as selenate and selenite can found in drinking water. 2

Absorption and Transport Inorganic and organic forms of selenium are absorbed in different mechanism and pathway. Selenite is absorbed into intestine by simple diffusion whereas selenate is actively absorbed in ileum by co-transport with sodium ion. The organic