Volume 87: Issue 1

Contents

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Editorial:

The Public Library of Science and Open Access to the scientific literature

P. Trayhurn

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Antioxidant vitamin supplements do not reduce reactive oxygen species activity in Helicobacter pylori gastritis in the short term

S. M. Everett, I. M. Drake, K. L. M. White, N. P. Mapstone, D. M. Chalmers, C. J.Schorah and A. T. R. Axon

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Bioavailability of selenium from raw or cured selenomethionine-enriched fillets of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) assessed in selenium-deficient rats

R. Ørnsrud and M. Lorentzen

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Comparison of LDL fatty acid and carotenoid concentrations and oxidative resistance of LDL in volunteers from countries with different rates of cardiovascular disease

A. J. A. Wright, S. Southon, Mridula Chopra, A.Meyer-Wenger, U. Moser, F. Granado, B. Olmedilla, B. Corridan, I. Hinninger, A-M. Roussel, H. van den Berg and D. I. Thurnham

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Urinary excretion of catechin metabolites by human subjects after red wine consumption

J. L. Donovan, S. Kasim-Karakas, J. B. German and A. L. Waterhouse

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Associations between spontaneous meal initiations and blood glucose dynamics in overweight men in negative energy balance

E. M. R. Kovacs, M. S. Westerterp-Plantenga, W. H. M. Saris, K. J. Melanson, I. Goossens, P. Geurten and F. Brouns

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Chronic oral administration of rhamnogalacturonan-II dimer, a pectic polysaccharide, failed to accelerate body lead detoxification after chronic lead exposure in rats

M. Tahiri, J. C. Tressol, T. Doco, Y. Rayssiguier and C. Coudray

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Total antioxidant and ascorbic acid content of fresh fruits and vegetables: implications for dietary planning and food preservation

Y. T. Szeto, B. Tomlinson and I. F. F. Benzie

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Dietary iodine intake and urinary iodine excretion in a Danish population: effect of geography, supplements and food choice

L. B. Rasmussen, L. Ovesen, I. Bülow, T. Jørgensen, N. Knudsen, P. Laurberg and H. Perrild

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Correlates of plasma homocysteine, cysteine and cysteinyl-glycine in respondents in the British National Diet and Nutrition Survey of Young People Aged 4–18 Years, and a comparison with the Survey of People Aged 65 Years and Over

C. J. Bates, M. A. Mansoor, Jan Gregory, Kristina Pentieva, and Ann Prentice

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Nutritional status, brain development and scholastic achievement of Chilean high-school graduates from high and low intellectual quotient and socio-economic status

D. M. Ivanovic, B. P. Leiva, H. T. Pérez, A. F. Almagià, T. D. Toro, M. S. C. Urrutia, N. B. Inzunza and E. O. Bosch

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Evidence in support of a concept of reductive stress

B. Lipinski

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Evidence in support of a concept of reductive stress - Reply by Ghyczy & Boros

M. Ghyczy and M. Boros

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Book Review

H.D. R. Baker