William G. Hoekstra

Research.com Recognitions

• 1967 - Gustav Bohstedt Award in Minerals Research*, American Society of Animal Science
• 1966 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Best Publications

• Selenium: Biochemical Role as a Component of Glutathione Peroxidase

  J.T. Rotruck;A.L. Pope;H.E. Ganther;A.B. Swanson

  13057
  Citations

• Effect of dietary selenium on erythrocyte and liver glutathione peroxidase in the rat

  D. G. Hafeman;R. A. Sunde;W. G. Hoekstra

  1629
  Citations

• Selenium: Relation to Decreased Toxicity of Methylmercury Added to Diets Containing Tuna

  H. E. Ganther;C. Goudie;M. L. Sunde;M. J. Kopecky

  842
  Citations

• Selenium as a component of glutathione periodase isolated from ovine erythrocytes.

  Sang-Hwan Oh;Howard E. Ganther;William G. Hoekstra

  279
  Citations

• Age‐Associated Changes in Muscle Composition. The Isolation and Properties of a Collagenous Residue from Bovine Musclea

  Darrel E. Goll;R. W. Bray;W. G. Hoekstra

  245
  Citations

• Structure, Synthesis and Function of Glutathione Peroxidase

  Roger A. Sunde;William G. Hoekstra

  242
  Citations

• Prevention of oxidative damage to rat erythrocytes by dietary selenium.

  John T. Rotruck;A. L. Pope;H. E. Ganther;W. G. Hoekstra

  241
  Citations

• Glutathione peroxidase activity in rat lens and other tissues in relation to dietary selenium intake.

  Richard A. Lawrence;Roger A. Sunde;Gary L. Schwartz;William G. Hoekstra

  240
  Citations

• Lipid peroxidation in vivo during vitamin E and selenium deficiency in the rat as monitored by ethane evolution.

  Dean G. Hafeman;William G. Hoekstra

  226
  Citations

• Protection against carbon tetrachloride-induced lipid peroxidation in the rat by dietary vitamin E, selenium, and methionine as measured by ethane evolution.

  Dean G. Hafeman;William G. Hoekstra

  198
  Citations

• Red and White Fiber Content and Associated Post‐Mortem Properties of Seven Porcine Muscles

  G. R. Beecher;R. G. Cassens;W. G. Hoekstra;E. J. Briskey

  163
  Citations

• ZINC-65 ABSORPTION AND TURNOVER IN RATS. I. A PROCEDURE TO DETERMINE ZINC- 65 ABSORPTION AND THE ANTAGONISTIC EFFECT OF CALCIUM IN A PRACTICAL DIET

  D. A. Heth;W. G. Hoekstra

  145
  Citations

• Effects of zinc deficiency in the diets of hens

  E. W. Kienholz;D. E. Turk;M. L. Sunde;W. G. Hoekstra

  139
  Citations

• Incorporation of selenium from selenite and selenocystine into glutathione peroxidase in the isolated perfused rat liver.

  Roger A. Sunde;William G. Hoekstra

  136
  Citations

• Glutathione peroxidase: inhibition by cyanide and release of selenium

  J.R. Prohaska;S.-H. Oh;W.G. Hoekstra;H.E. Ganther

  132
  Citations

• Effect of dietary particle size on lesion development and on the contents of various regions of the swine stomach.

  C. V. Maxwell;E. M. Reimann;W. G. Hoekstra;T. Kowalczyk

  129
  Citations

• Comparison of Muscle Characteristics and Post-Mortem Glycolysis in three Breeds of Swine

  R. N. Sayre;E. J. Briskey;W. G. Hoekstra

  116
  Citations

• Glycolytic Intermediates and Co‐Factors in “Fast‐” and “Slow‐Glycolyzing” Muscles of the Pig

  L. L. Kastenschmidt;W. G. Hoekstra;E. J. Briskey

  115
  Citations

• Effect of dietary methionine on the biopotency of selenite and selenomethionine in the rat.

  Roger A. Sunde;Glen E. Gutzke;William G. Hoekstra

  110
  Citations

• Post‐Mortem Changes in Subcellular Fractions from Normal and Pale, Soft, Exudative Porcine Muscle. 1. Calcium Accumulation and Adenosine Triphosphatase Activities

  M. L. Greaser;R. G. Cassens;E. J. Briskey;W. G. Hoekstra

  105
  Citations