| Foreword | Effective Use of the Multi-functional Milk Protein, Lactoferrin | Keiichi Shimazaki | Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University |  |
| Feature Articles: Functionalities and Usefulness of Lactoferrins (1) | Development of Latex Agglutination Turbidimetric Immunoassay for the Quantitative Measurement Reagents of Human and Bovine Lactoferrin | Shunji Namba
Toshiaki Ishii
Yuko Okuda
Hiroko Kato
Tokuji Suzuki
Toshisuke Morita | Toho University Omori Medical Center |  |
| Production of Lactoferrin in Transgenic Plants | Hiroyuki Anzai | Gene Research Center, Ibaraki University |  |
| Cellular Internalization of Lactoferrin Mediated by the Small Intestinal Lactoferrin Receptor | Yasushi A. Suzuki a)
Bo Lonnerdal b) | a) Biochemical Laboratory, Saraya Co., Ltd.
b) Department of Nutrition, University of California, Davis |  |
| Physiological Functions of Bovine Lactoferrin (bLF)-Binding Proteins | Mochio Fujihara a)
Hiroshi Kawakami b)
Shuichi Yanahira c)
Kenzo Ohtsuki a) | a) Graduate School of Medical Science, Kitasato University
b) Technical Research Institute, Snow Brand Milk Products Co., Ltd.
c) Institute of Food Hygenic, Snow Brand Milk Products Co., Ltd. |  |
| Reviews | Progress of Recent Starch Science
- (Part 2) Ultrastructure of the Starch Granule | Hanjun Tang a)
Toshio Mitsunaga b) | a) Graduate School of Medical Science, Kinki University
b) Professor Emeritus of Kinki University |  |
| Lipid Rafts and Alzheimerfs Disease | Yasuomi Urano a)
Takao Hamakubo b) | a) Department of Biochemistry, Dartmouth Medical School
b) Molecular Biology and Medicine, RCAST, The University of Tokyo |  |
| Properties of a Novel Vitamin C Supplement, L-Ascorbic Acid 2-Glucoside, and Its Uses in the Field of Foods | Hitoshi Mitsuzumi | Research and Development Center, Hayashibara Biochemical Laboratories, Inc. |  |
| Glycaemic Control with Unavailable Carbohydrates Including Polyols | Geoffrey Livesey | Independent Nutrition Logic Ltd. |  |