Volume 88: Issue 6

Contents

587

The biological action of saponins in animal systems: a review

George Francis, Zohar Kerem, Harinder P. S. Makkar, Klaus Becker

607

Nutritional regulation of glucose-6-phosphatase gene expression in liver of the gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata)

A. Caseras, I. Metón, C. Vives, M. Egea, F. Fernández, I. V. Baanante

615

Effect of acute ingestion of fresh and stored lettuce (Lactuca sativa) on plasma total antioxidant capacity and antioxidant levels in human subjects

Mauro Serafini, Rossana Bugianesi, Monica Salucci, Elena Azzini, Anna Raguzzini, Giuseppe Maiani

625

Effects of dietary fat and conjugated linoleic acid on plasma metabolite concentrations and metabolic responses to homeostatic signals in pigs

E. Ostrowska, R. F. Cross, M. Muralitharan, D. E. Bauman, F. R. Dunshea

635

Acute effects of meal fatty acid composition on insulin sensitivity in healthy post-menopausal women

M. D. Robertson, K. G. Jackson, B. A. Fielding, C. M. Williams, K. N. Frayn

641

Pre- and postprandial changes in plasma hormone and metabolite levels and hepatic deiodinase activities in meal-fed broiler chickens

Johan Buyse, Kristel Janssens, Serge Van der Geyten, Pieter Van As, Eddy Decuypere, Veerle M. Darras

655

Dietary interrelationships among arginine, methionine, and lysine in young broiler chicks

M. Chamruspollert, G. M. Pesti, R. I. Bakalli

661

Acute-on-chronic effects of fatty acids on intestinal triacylglycerol-rich lipoprotein metabolism

Irene L. Black, Helen M. Roche, Anne-Marie Tully, Michael J. Gibney

671

Modulation of ovomucoid-specific oral tolerance in mice fed plant extracts containing lectins

Tanja M. R. Kjær, Hanne Frøkiær

681

The effect of different cooking methods on folate retention in various foods that are amongst the major contributors to folate intake in the UK diet

Derek J. McKillop, Kristina Pentieva, Donna Daly, Joseph M. McPartlin, Joan Hughes, J. J. Strain, John M. Scott, Helene McNulty

689

Evidence that glutamine modulates respiratory burst in stressed rat polymorphonuclear cells through its metabolism into arginine

Christophe Moinard, Florence Caldefie-Chezet, Stephane Walrand, Marie-Paule Vasson, Luc Cynober

697

Effects of dietary fat source and breed on the carcass composition, n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid and conjugated linoleic acid content of sheep meat and adipose tissue

A. M. Wachira, L. A. Sinclair, R. G. Wilkinson, M. Enser, J. D. Wood, A. V. Fisher

711

Food and macronutrient intake of male adolescent Kalenjin runners in Kenya

Dirk L. Christensen, Gerrit van Hall, Leif Hambraeus

719

Unhealthy eating habits, physical exercise and macronutrient intakes are predictors of anthropometric indicators in the Women's Health Trial: Feasibility Study in Minority Populations

Alok Bhargava, Joanne F. Guthrie

729

The mobile bag technique as a method for determining the degradation of four botanically diverse fibrous feedstuffs in the small intestine and total digestive tract of ponies

M. J. S. Moore-Colyer, J. J. Hyslop, A. C. Longland, D. Cuddeford

741

Approaches to health via lowering of postprandial glycaemia

Geoffrey Livesey