Volume 87: Issue 5

Contents

393

Review article - The immune system as a physiological indicator of marginal copper status?

Maxine Bonham, Jacqueline M. O'Connor, Bernadette M. Hannigan and J. J. Strain

405

Intestinal microflora of human infants and current trends for its nutritional modulation

Konstantinos C. Mountzouris, Anne L. McCartney and Glenn R. Gibson

421

A modified dot-blot method of protein determination applied in the tannin-protein precipitation assay to facilitate the evaluation of tannin activity in animal feeds

E. M. Hoffmann, S. Muetzel and K. Becker

427

Dietary fat source regulates ob gene expression in white adipose tissue of rats under hyperphagic feeding

Víctor M. Rodríguez, Catalina Picó, María P. Portillo1, M. Teresa Macarulla and Andreu Palou

435

Eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid from fish oils: differential associations with lipid responses

Elizabeth C. Leigh-Firbank, Anne M. Minihane, David S. Leake, John W. Wright, Margaret C. Murphy, Bruce A. Griffin and Christine M. Williams

447

Effects of dietary oxysterols on coronary arteries in hyperlipidaemic hamsters

Alexandra Meynier, Jeanine Lherminier, Joelle Demaison-Meloche, Christian Ginies, Andre Grandgirard and Luc Demaison

459

Protein and arginine requirements for maintenance and nitrogen gain in four teleosts

V. Fournier, M. F. Gouillou-Coustans, R. Métailler, C. Vachot, M. J. Guedes, F. Tulli, A. Oliva-Teles, E. Tibaldi, and S. J. Kaushik

471

β-Carotene and α-tocopherol concentration and antioxidant status in buccal mucosal cells and plasma after oral supplementation

Jürgen G. Erhardt, Heidrun Mack, Ulrike Sobeck and Hans K. Biesalski

477

High-carbohydrate-low-glycaemic index dietary advice improves glucose disposition index in subjects with impaired glucose tolerance

Thomas M. S. Wolever and Christine Mehling

489

Different effects of diets rich in olive oil, rapeseed oil and sunflower-seed oil on postprandial lipid and lipoprotein concentrations and on lipoprotein oxidation susceptibility

Nina S. Nielsen, Anette Pedersen, Brittmarie Sandström, Peter Marckmann, Carl-Erik Høy

501

Effect of multivitamins in an effervescent preparation on the respiratory burst of peritoneal macrophages in mice

Judit Jakus, Tamás Kriska and Rozália Vanyúr

509

Energy balance of pregnant diabetic rat

Ruth Yamada, Mauro A. Griggio and Jacqueline Luz

517

The ability of habitual exercise to influence appetite and food intake in response to high- and low-energy preloads in man

S. J. Long, K. Hart and L. M. Morgan

525

Book review

Alistair Grandison