Volume 88: Issue 5

Contents

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Mechanistic explanations for the chemopreventive action of soyabean isoflavones: reducing the possibilities

Dianne Ford

443

Selenium and breast-feeding

Jose G. Dorea

463

Genistein-induced apoptosis in MCF-7 cells involves changes in Bak and Bcl-x without evidence of anti-oestrogenic effects

Lai See Po, Thomas T. Wang, Zhen-Yu Chen, Lai K. Leung

471

Serum concentrations of homocysteine are elevated during early pregnancy in rodent models of fetal programming

Linda Petrie, Susan J. Duthie, William D. Rees, Josie M. L. McConnell

479

Consumption of tall oil-derived phytosterols in a chocolate matrix significantly decreases plasma total and low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol levels

Jacqueline de Graaf, Pernette R. W. de Sauvage Nolting, Marjel van Dam, Elizabeth M. Belsey, John J. P. Kastelein, P. Haydn Pritchard, Anton F. H. Stalenhoef

489

Large bowel fermentation of maize or sorghum–acorn diets fed as a different source of carbohydrates to Landrace and Iberian pigs

J. Morales, J. F. Pérez, S. M. Martín-Orúe, M. Fondevila, J. Gasa

499

Age-related association of small intestinal mucosal enteropathy with nutritional status in rural Gambian children

David I. Campbell, Peter. G. Lunn, Marinos Elia

507

Nutritional status of drug addicts undergoing detoxification: prevalence of malnutrition and influence of illicit drugs and lifestyle

S. K. Nazrul Islam, Kazi Jahangir Hossain, Afsaruddin Ahmed, Monira Ahsan

515

Morphological and immune response alterations in the intestinal mucosa of the mouse after short periods on a low-magnesium diet

W. Zimowska, J. P. Girardeau, J. Kuryszko, D. Bayle, Y. Rayssiguier, A. Mazur

523

Increasing the viscosity of the intestinal contents stimulates proliferation of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli and Brachyspira pilosicoli in weaner pigs

D. E. Hopwood, D. W. Pethick, D. J. Hampson

533

Assessing sleeping energy expenditure in children using heart-rate monitoring calibrated against open-circuit indirect calorimetry: a pilot study

L. Beghin, L. Michaud, D. Guimber, G. Vaksmann, D. Turck, F. Gottrand

545

Determinants of fat mass in prepubertal children

M. J. Müller, A. Grund, H. Krause, M. Siewers, A. Bosy-Westphal, H. Rieckert

555

Predictors of micronutrient status in men and women over 75 years old living in the community*

Geraldine McNeill, Juliet Vyvyan, Heather Peace, Linda McKie, Gwyn Seymour, Judith Hendry, Isobel MacPherson

563

Plasma amino acid concentrations in healthy and cognitively impaired oldest-old individuals: associations with anthropometric parameters of body composition and functional disability

Giovanni Ravaglia, Paola Forti, Fabiola Maioli, Giampaolo Bianchi, Loredana Sacchetti, Teresa Talerico, Valeria Nativio, Erminia Mariani, Pierluigi Macini

573

UK Food Standards Agency alpha-linolenic acid workshop report

Peter Sanderson, Yvonne E. Finnegan, Christine M. Williams, Philip C. Calder, Graham C. Burdge, Stephen A. Wootton, Bruce A. Griffin, D. Joe Millward, Nicholas C. Pegge, Wanda J. E. Bemelmans

581

Book reviews

585

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