Volume 91: Issue 1

Contents

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Editorial: Of genes and genomes – and dark matter

Paul Trayhurn

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Invited commentary: Sterol autoxidation: from phytosterols to oxyphytosterols

Dieter Lütjohann

5

Short communication: Lack of dose-responsive effect of dietary phyto-oestrogens on transepithelial calcium transport in human intestinal-like Caco-2 cells

Alice A. Cotter, Kevin D. Cashman

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Review article: Selenium and its relationship to cancer: an update†

P. D. Whanger

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Review Article: Responses of domestic fowl to excess iodine: a review

P. D. Lewis

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The effect of a high-protein, high-sodium diet on calcium and bone metabolism in postmenopausal women and its interaction with vitamin D receptor genotype

Mary Harrington, Teresa Bennett, Jette Jakobsen, Lars Ovesen, Christine Brot, Albert Flynn, Kevin D. Cashma

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DNA damage and susceptibility to oxidative damage in lymphocytes: effects of carotenoids in vitro and in vivo

Siân B. Astley, David A. Hughes, Anthony J. A. Wright, Ruan M. Elliott, Susan Southon

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Evidence that dietary supplementation with carotenoids and carotenoid-rich foods modulates the DNA damage:repair balance in human lymphocytes

Siân B. Astley, Ruan M. Elliott, David B. Archer, Susan Southon

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Long-term vitamin C supplementation has no markedly favourable effect on serum lipids in middle-aged Japanese subjects

Mi Kyung Kim, Satoshi Sasaki, Shizuka Sasazuki, Shunji Okubo, Masato Hayashi, Shoichiro Tsugane

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Antioxidant supplementation preserves antioxidant response in physical training and low antioxidant intake

Stéphane Palazzetti, Anne-Sophie Rousseau, Marie-Jeanne Richard, Alain Favier, Irène Margaritis

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Oxyphytosterols are present in plasma of healthy human subjects

André Grandgirard, Lucy Martine, Luc Demaison, Catherine Cordelet, Corinne Joffre, Olivier Berdeaux, Etienne Semon

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A micronised, dispersible ferric pyrophosphate with high relative bioavailability in man

Meredith C. Fidler, Thomas Walczyk, Lena Davidsson, Christophe Zeder, Noboru Sakaguchi, Lekh R. Juneja, Richard F. Hurrell

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Comparison of urinary monitoring, faecal monitoring and erythrocyte analysis of stable isotope labels to determine magnesium absorption in human subjects

Torsten Bohn, Thomas Walczyk, Lena Davidsson, Wolfgang Pritzkow, Patrick Klingbeil, Jochen Vogl, Richard F. Hurrell

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β-Carotene–vitamin A equivalence in Chinese adults assessed by an isotope dilution technique

Zhixu Wang, Shian Yin, Xianfeng Zhao, Robert M. Russell, Guangwen Tang

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Prenatal programming of angiotensin II type 2 receptor expression in the rat

Sarah McMullen, David S. Gardner, Simon C. Langley-Evans

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Intake of dietary iron is low in patients with Crohn's disease: a case–control study

Miranda C. E. Lomer, Kamelia Kodjabashia, Carol Hutchinson, Simon M. Greenfield, Richard P. H. Thompson¹, Jonathan J. Powell

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Alcohol energy intake and habitual physical activity in older adults

Klaas R. Westerterp, Erwin P. Meijer, Annelies H. C. Goris, Arnold D. M. Kester

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Effect of equilibrated hydration changes on total body water estimates by bioelectrical impedance analysis

Vincent Pialoux, Isabelle Mischler, Remi Mounier, Pierre Gachon, Patrick Ritz, Jean Coudert, Nicole Fellmann

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BJN ‘Citation Classic’

Paul Trayhurn

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Book reviews

Eluned C. Price

170

Book reviews

Mary Hanley