Volume 90: Issue 1

Contents

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Editorial

Paul Trayhurn

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Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 involvement in the α-tocopherol-induced reduction of atherosclerotic lesions in apolipoprotein E knockout mice

Maria C. G. Peluzio, Emir Miguel Jr, Thaís C. Drumond, Giovana C. César, Helton C. Santiago, Mauro M. Teixeira, Enio C. Vieira, Rosa M. E. Arantes, Jacqueline I. Alvarez-Leite

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Anti-atherogenic effect of soya and rice-protein isolate, compared with casein, in apolipoprotein E-deficient mice

Weihua Ni, Yasuyuki Tsuda, Shinichiro Takashima, Hiroyoshi Sato, Masao Sato, Katsumi Imaizumi

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Effect of dietary phospholipid level and phospholipid:neutral lipid value on the development of sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) larvae fed a compound diet

Chantal L. Cahu, José L. Zambonino Infante, Valérie Barbosa

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Lymphatic absorption of plasmalogen in rats

Hiroshi Hara, Takuya Wakisaka, Yoritaka Aoyama

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Effect of maternal iron restriction during pregnancy on renal morphology in the adult rat offspring

S. J. M. Lisle, R. M. Lewis, C. J. Petry, S. E. Ozanne, C. N. Hales, A. J. Forhead

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Determination of digesta flow entering the omasal canal of dairy cows using different marker systems

Seppo Ahvenjärvi, Aila Vanhatalo, Kevin J. Shingfield, Pekka Huhtanen

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The effect of low-dose potassium supplementation on blood pressure in apparently healthy volunteers

Donald J. Naismith, Alessandro Braschi

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Effects of goats' or cows' milks on nutritive utilization of calcium and phosphorus in rats with intestinal resection

Margarita S. Campos, Inmaculada López-Aliaga, María J. M. Alférez, Teresa Nestares, Mercedes Barrionuevo

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Uptake of vitamin A in buccal mucosal cells after topical application of retinyl palmitate: a randomised, placebo-controlled and double-blind trial

U. Sobeck, A. Fischer, H. K. Biesalski

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Restoration of the integrity of rat caeco-colonic mucosa by resistant starch, but not by fructo-oligosaccharides, in dextran sulfate sodium-induced experimental colitis

Noëlle M. Moreau, Lucile J. Martin, Claire S. Toquet, Christian L. Laboisse, Patrick G. Nguyen, Brigitte S. Siliart, Henri J. Dumon, Martine M. J. Champ

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The red clover (Trifolium pratense) isoflavone biochanin A modulates the biotransformation pathways of 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]anthracene

Lai K. Leung, Ho Yee Chan, Huan Wang

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Effects of dietary conjugated linoleic acid on fatty acid composition and cholesterol content of hen egg yolks

Beata Szymczyk, Pawel M. Pisulewski

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Beneficial effects of oats in the gluten-free diet of adults with special reference to nutrient status, symptoms and subjective experiences

Stine Størsrud, Lena R. Hulthén, Ragnhild A. Lenner

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Mathematical modelling of digesta passage rate, mean retention time and in vivo apparent digestibility of two different lengths of hay and big-bale grass silage in ponies

M. J. S. Moore-Colyer, H. J. Morrow, A. C. Longland

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Plasma enterolactone or intestinal Bifidobacterium levels do not explain adenoma formation in multiple intestinal neoplasia (Min) mice fed with two different types of rye-bran fractions

S. Oikarinen, S. Heinonen, S. Karppinen, J. Mättö, H. Adlercreutz, K. Poutanen, M. Mutanen

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Quantification of non-protein nitrogen components of infant formulae and follow-up milks: comparison with cows' and human milk

I.M.P.L.V.O. Ferreira

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Maternal docosahexaenoic acid supplementation and fetal accretion

Colette Montgomery, Brian K. Speake, Alan Cameron, Naveed Sattar, Lawrence T. Weaver

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Cigarette smoking cessation increases plasma levels of several antioxidant micronutrients and improves resistance towards oxidative challenge

M. Cristina Polidori, Patrizia Mecocci, Wilhelm Stahl, Helmut Sies

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Effects of u.v. irradiation of very young chickens on growth and bone development

H. M. Edwards Jr

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Adaptive responses in men fed low- and high-copper diets

Linda J. Harvey, Gosia Majsak-Newman, Jack R. Dainty, D. John Lewis, Nicola J. Langford, Helen M. Crews, Susan J. Fairweather-Tait

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The oral immunogenicity of BioProtein, a bacterial single-cell protein, is affected by its particulate nature

Hanne R. Christensen, Linea C. Larsen, Hanne Frøkiær

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Iron deficiency and in vitro iron chelation reduce the expression of cluster of differentiation molecule (CD)28 but not CD3 receptors on murine thymocytes and spleen cells

Solo R. Kuvibidila, Connie Porretta

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Triiodothyronine administration reverses vitamin A deficiency-related hypo-expression of retinoic acid and triiodothyronine nuclear receptors and of neurogranin in rat brain

Véronique Pallet, Marianne Husson, Valérie Enderlin, Serge Alfos, Catherine Féart, Paul Higueret

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The effect of addition of linoleic acid on food intake regulation in linoleic acid tasters and linoleic acid non-tasters

Marleen M. J. W. Kamphuis, Wim H. M. Saris, Margriet S. Westerterp-Plantenga

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The effects of enterostatin intake on food intake and energy expenditure

Eva M. R. Kovacs, Manuela P. G. M. Lejeune, Margriet S. Westerterp-Plantenga

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Measuring dietary fatty acid intake:validation of a food-frequency questionnaire against 7 d weighed records

Emma Broadfield, Tricia McKeever, Andrew Fogarty, John Britton

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The effect of rate and extent of weight loss on urea salvage in obese male subjects

Peter Faber, Alexandra M. Johnstone, Eileen R. Gibney, Marinos Elia, R. James Stubbs, Paula L. Roger, Eric Milne, William Buchan, Gerald E. Lobley

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Nutrition Discussion ForumWhy do we not make more medical use of nutritional knowledge? How an inadvertent alliance between reductionist scientists, holistic dietitians and drug-oriented regulators and governments has blocked progress

David Horrobin

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Book review

Michael Gleeson