Volume 91: Issue 2

Contents

171

Invited commentary: The efficacy and safety of Chinese herbal medicines

Elizabeth I. Opara

175

Invited commentary: Is the synthesis of rumen bacterial protein limited by the availability of pre-formed amino acids and/or peptides?

Daniel Demeyer, Veerle Fievez

177

Horizons in Nutritional Science: Is zinc deficiency a risk factor for atherosclerosis?

John H. Beattie, In-Sook Kwun

183

The relationships between potassium intakes, transmural potential difference of the rumen epithelium and magnesium absorption in wethers

S. Jittakhot, J. Th. Schonewille, H. S. Wouterse, C. Yuangklang, A. C. Beynen

191

Lipid atherogenic risk markers can be more favourably influenced by the cis-9,trans-11-octadecadienoate isomer than a conjugated linoleic acid mixture or fish oil in hamsters

Karine Valeille, Daniel Gripois, Marie-France Blouquit, Maamar Souidi, Michel Riottot, Jean-Christophe Bouthegourd, Colette Sérougne, Jean-Charles Martin

201

Disaccharidase activity in the intestinal tract of Wistar–Furth, diabetes-resistant and diabetes-prone BioBreeding rats

Philippe Courtois, Abdullah Sener, Fraser W. Scott, Willy J. Malaisse

211

Consumption of brown onions (Allium cepa var. cavalier and var. destiny) moderately modulates blood lipids, haematological and haemostatic variables in healthy pigs

Ewa Ostrowska, Nicholas K. Gabler, Sam J. Sterling, Brendan G. Tatham, Rodney B. Jones, David R. Eagling, Mark Jois, Frank R. Dunshea

219

Effects of structured medium- and long-chain triacylglycerols in diets with various levels of fat on body fat accumulation in rats

Tatsuhiro Matsuo, Hiroyuki Takeuchi

227

Dietary-induced changes in the fatty acid profile of rat pancreatic membranes are associated with modifications in acinar cell function and signalling

Maria D. Yago, Ricardo J. Diaz, Rolando Ramirez, Maria A. Martinez, Mariano Mañas, Emilio Martinez-Victoria

235

The use of uniaxial accelerometry for the assessment of physical-activity-related energy expenditure: a validation study against whole-body indirect calorimetry

Hideaki Kumahara, Yves Schutz, Makoto Ayabe, Mayumi Yoshioka, Yutaka Yoshitake, Munehiro Shindo, Kojiro Ishii, Hiroaki Tanaka

245

The acute effects of olive oil v. cream on postprandial thermogenesis and substrate oxidation in postmenopausal women

M. J. Soares, S. J. Cummings, J. C. L. Mamo, M. Kenrick, L. S. Piers

253

Use of stable isotopes to measure de novo synthesis and turnover of amino acid-C and -N in mixed micro-organisms from the sheep rumen in vitro

C. Atasoglu†, A. Y. Guliye, R. J. Wallace

263

Ganoderma lucidum (‘Lingzhi’), a Chinese medicinal mushroom: biomarker responses in a controlled human supplementation study

Sissi Wachtel-Galor, Brian Tomlinson, Iris F. F. Benzie

271

Supplementation of grazing dairy cows with rumen-protected tuna oil enriches milk fat with n-3 fatty acids without affecting milk production or sensory characteristics

Soressa M. Kitessa, Suresh K. Gulati, Gillian C. Simos, John R. Ashes, Trevor W. Scott, Eva Fleck, Peter C. Wynn†

279

Mental and psychomotor development in Indonesian infants of mothers supplemented with vitamin A in addition to iron during pregnancy

Marjanka K. Schmidt, Siti Muslimatun, Clive E. West, Werner Schultink, Joseph G. A. J. Hautvast

287

Dephytinisation of soyabean protein isolate with low native phytic acid content has limited impact on mineral and trace element absorption in healthy infants

Lena Davidsson, Ekhard E. Ziegler, Peter Kastenmayer, Peter van Dael, Denis Barclay

295

Effect of blood sampling schedule and method of calculating the area under the curve on validity and precision of glycaemic index values

Thomas M. S. Wolever

301

Phenolic acid metabolites as biomarkers for tea- and coffee-derived polyphenol exposure in human subjects

Jonathan M. Hodgson, Shin Yee Chan, Ian B. Puddey, Amanda Devine, Naiyana Wattanapenpaiboon, Mark L. Wahlqvist, Widjaja Lukito, Valerie Burke, Natalie C. Ward, Richard L. Prince, Kevin D. Croft

307

Factors associated with Hb concentration in children aged 6–59 months in the State of Pernambuco, Brazil

Mônica M. Osório, Pedro I. C. Lira, Ann Ashworth

315

Emerging diet-related surrogate end points for colorectal cancer: UK Food Standards Agency diet and colonic health workshop report

Peter Sanderson, Ian T. Johnson, John C. Mathers, Hilary J. Powers, C. Stephen Downes, Angela P. McGlynn, Rae Dare, Ellen Kampman, Beatrice L. Pool-Zobel, Sheila A. Bingham, Joseph J. Rafter