1. Acknowledgement to referees

   EDITORIAL Pages: 127 - 127

2. CHEMICAL REACTIONS IN FOODS IV – FECS Event N° 245

   • Jirí Davídek

   FECS/DIVISION OF FOOD CHEMISTRY Pages: 128 - 128

3. The fate of forage plant DNA in farm animals: a collaborative case-study investigating cattle and chicken fed recombinant plant material

   • R. Einspanier
   • Andreas Klotz
   • Gerhard Flachowsky

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 129 - 134

4. Minor Strecker degradation products of phenylalanine and phenylglycine

   • J. Adamiec
   • J. Rössner
   • Jan Šavel

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 135 - 140

5. Changes in baseline levels of nucleotides during ice storage of fish and crustaceans from the Portuguese coast

   • Rogério Mendes
   • Ricardo Quinta
   • Maria Leonor Nunes

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 141 - 146

6. Proteolysis of Mahon cheese as affected by acoustic-assisted brining

   • E. S. Sánchez
   • Susana Simal
   • Carmen Rosselló

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 147 - 152

7. The effect of Cd and vitamin D3 on the solidity of eggshell

   • J. Kottferová
   • Beáta Koréneková
   • Jan Šály

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 153 - 155

8. Influence of olive crushing temperature on phenols in olive oils

   • F. Caponio
   • Tommaso Gomes

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 156 - 159

9. Structural changes of triacylglycerol and diacylglycerol fractions during olive drupe ripening

   • Lina Cossignani
   • Maria Stella Simonetti
   • P. Damiani

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 160 - 164

10. Storage behaviour of minimally processed pumpkin (Cucurbita maxima) under modified atmosphere packaging conditions

    • Habibunnisa
    • R. Baskaran
    • Habibunnisa

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 165 - 169

11. Extraction of lipids from cherry seed oil using supercritical carbon dioxide

    • G. Bernardo-Gil
    • Cristiano Oneto
    • José M. Empis

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 170 - 174

12. Mineral composition of the papaya (Carica papaya variety sunrise) from Tenerife island

    • A. Hardisson
    • Carmen Rubio
    • Roberto Alvarez

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 175 - 181

13. Proximate composition, minerals and vitamins in selected canned vegetables

    • O. Martín-Belloso
    • E. Llanos-Barriobero

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 182 - 187

14. Effects of sprouting on nutrient and antinutrient composition of kidney beans (Phaseolus vulgaris var. Rose coco)

    • Stephen Mbithi
    • John Van Camp
    • Andre Huyghebaert

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 188 - 191

15. Effect of glutamine peptide on baking characteristics of bread using experimental design

    • P. Crowley
    • H. Grau
    • E. K. Arendt

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 192 - 197

16. Effects of barley flour and wheat bran supplementation on the properties and composition of Turkish flat bread, yufka

    • A. Basman
    • H. Köksel

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 198 - 202

17. Effect of low molecular weight dextrins on gelatinization and retrogradation of starch

    • Encarna Durán
    • Alberto León
    • C. Benedito de Barber

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 203 - 207

18. Rheological properties of xanthan gum-gelatine spray-dried mixtures. Application in a custard-like formulation

    • A. Salvador
    • Teresa Sanz
    • S. M. Fiszman

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 208 - 212

19. The effects of fermentation on the thermostability of the yellow-orange pigments extracted from cactus pear (Opuntia ficus-indica)

    • N. Turker
    • Yalçin Coşkuner
    • Erşan Karababa

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 213 - 216

20. Bacterial removal of quinolizidine alkaloids from Lupinus albus flours

    • Filomena C. Santana
    • J. Empis

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 217 - 224

21. Immobilization of recombinant strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae for the hydrolysis of lactose in salted Domiati cheese whey

    • Tarek M. El-Nemr

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 225 - 227

22. A quantitative competitive PCR system to detect contamination of wheat, barley or rye in gluten-free food for coeliac patients

    • Isabelle Dahinden
    • Michael von Büren
    • Jürg Lüthy

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 228 - 233

23. Detection of wheat adulteration of spelt flour and products by PCR

    • M. von Büren
    • Markus Stadler
    • Jürg Lüthy

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 234 - 239

24. Determination of the oil content in olives by the DSC technique

    • Nino Iannotta
    • Cesare Oliviero
    • N. Uccella

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 240 - 243

25. Extraction and purification of free cholesterol from some egg-containing food by on-line supercritical fluid extraction – solid-phase extraction

    • E. Boselli
    • Maria Fiorenza Caboni
    • Giovanni Lercker

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 244 - 246

26. Analysis of polychlorinated biphenyls, pyrethroid insecticides and fragrances in human milk using a laminar cup liner in the GC injector

    • M. Zehringer
    • André Herrmann

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 247 - 251