eng Oriental Scientific Publishing Company Biomedical and Pharmacology Journal 0974-6242 2017-09-25 10 3 1073 1079 10.13005/bpj/1205 16799 article Murat Ayaz 1 Sirma Basak Yanardag 1 Nilufer Akgun Unal 1 Selcuk University, Medical Faculty, Departments of Biophysics, Akademi Mah. Yeni Istanbul Cad. No: 313 Alaeddin Keykubad Yerleskesi, Selcuklu, Konya 42130 Turkey. Secondary complications of diabetes develop gradually in longer terms. The longer you have diabetes the higher the risk and severity of the complications. Sooner or later, diabetes induced complications may result in the paucity of the physiological functions of the body which in turn give rise to life-threatening situations.Although we need small quantities still selenium plays a key role in the body metabolism. Indeed, having an antioxidant characteristic, it protects many cell types from damage especially during chronic diseases. https://biomedpharmajournal.org/vol10no3/selenium-controlled-diabetic-cardiomyopathy-complications/ Antioxidant Physiological Functions Metabolic Disorder