Volume 89: Issue 4

Contents

439

Megaloblastic anaemia in vitamin B12 deficiency

David A. Bender

441

Hypoxia-induced megaloblastosis in vitamin B₁₂-deficient rats

Shuhei Ebara, Satoko Adachi, Shigeo Takenaka, Toshiki Enomoto, Fumio Watanabe, Ryoichi Yamaji, Hiroshi Inui and Yoshihisa Nakano

445

Supplementation of barley straw with Sesbania pachycarpa leaves in vitro: effects on fermentation variables and rumen microbial population structure quantified by ribosomal RNA-targeted probes

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

455

Influence of sources of dietary vitamin E on the maternal transfer of α-tocopherol to fetal and neonatal guinea pigs as determined by a stable isotopic technique

N. Hidiroglou, R. Madere, L. R. McDowell and P. L. Toutain

467

Effects of supplementation with purified red clover (Trifolium pratense) isoflavones on plasma lipids and insulin resistance in healthy premenopausal women

Sarah J. Blakesmith, Philippa M. Lyons–Wall, Caroline George, George E. Joannou, Peter Petocz and Samir Samman

475

Plasma vitamin A and zinc levels in HIV-infected adults in Cape Town, South Africa

M. E. Visser, G. Maartens, G. Kossew and G. D. Hussey

483

Low serum cholesteryl ester-docosahexaenoic acid levels in Alzheimer’s disease: a case–control study

A. M. Tully, H. M. Roche, R. Doyle, C. Fallon, I. Bruce, B. Lawlor, D. Coakley and M. J. Gibney

491

Effects of dietary protein on renal function and lipid metabolism in five-sixths nephrectomized rats

Shu-Tzu Chen, Sheng-Jeng Peng and Jiun-Rong Chen

499

Cadmium absorption and retention by rats fed durum wheat (Triticum turgidum L. var. durum) grain*

W. A. House, J. J. Hart, W. A. Norvell and R. M. Welch

509

Protein-degradation products and bacterial enzyme activities in faeces of breast-fed and formula-fed infants

Patricia M. Heavey, Shirley-Anne H. Savage, Alison Parrett, Cinzia Cecchini, Christine A. Edwards and Ian R. Rowland

517

The effect of dietary n-3 fatty acids on serum concentrations of C-reactive protein: a dose–response study

Trine Madsen, Jeppe H. Christensen, Mogens Blom and Erik B. Schmidt

523

Influence of very low dietary intake of marine oil on some functional aspects of immune cells in healthy elderly people

Shaliha Bechoua, Madeleine Dubois, Evelyne Véricel, Paul Chapuy, Michel Lagarde and Annie-France Prigent

533

Longitudinal evaluation of energy expenditure in preterm infants with birth weight less than 1000 g

Jacqueline Bauer, Kathrin Maier, Gerald Hellstern and Otwin Linderkamp

539

Effect of a methionine-supplemented diet on the blood pressure of Wistar–Kyoto and spontaneously hypertensive rats

Sophie Robin, Véronique Maupoil Frédérique Groubatch, Pascal Laurant, Alain Jacqueson and Alain Berthelot

549

Book review

Kate Hampshire