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Take a look at our most recent HOT articles just published in Food & Function. These papers are all free to read for the next four weeks. We hope you enjoy reading them!

Capsaicin, nonivamide and trans-pellitorine decrease free fatty acid uptake without TRPV1 activation and increase acetyl-coenzyme A synthetase activity in Caco-2 cells
Barbara Rohm, Annett Riedel, Jakob P. Ley, Sabine Widder, Gerhard E. Krammer and Veronika Somoza
Food Funct., 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4FO00435C

Sugar-coated: Exopolysaccharide producing lactic acid bacteria for food and human health applications
Paul Ryan, Paul Ross, Gerald F. Fitzgerald, Noel Caplice and Catherine Stanton
Food Funct., 2014, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C4FO00529E

The Colorants, Antioxidants, and Toxicants from Nonenzymatic Browning Reactions and the Impacts of Dietary Polyphenols on Their Thermal Formation
Xinchen Zhang, Ningping Tao, Xichang Wang, Feng Chen and Mingfu Wang
Food Funct., 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4FO00996G

Take a look at our new hot articles just published in Food & Function. These papers are all free to read for the next four weeks. We hope you enjoy reading them!

Enhancing Vitamin E bioaccessibility: Factors impacting solubilization and hydrolysis of a-tocopherol acetate encapsulated in emulsion-based delivery systems
Ying Yang, Eric Andrew Decker, Hang Xiao and David Julian McClements
Food Funct., 2014, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4FO00725E

Bitter Taste Genetics- the relationship to tasting, liking, consumption and health
Emma L. Beckett, Charlotte Martin, Zoe Yates, Martin Veysey, Konsta Duesing and Mark Lucock
Food Funct., 2014, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4FO00539B

Impact of extraneous proteins on the gastrointestinal fate of sunflower seed (Helianthus annuus) oil bodies: A simulated gastrointestinal tract study
Sakunkhun Makkhun, Amit Khosla, Tim Foster, David Julian McClements, Myriam M. L. Grundy and David A. Gray
Food Funct., 2014, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4FO00422A

Take a look at our new hot articles just published in Food & Function. These papers are all free to read for the next four weeks. We hope you enjoy reading them!

Edible oleogels based on water soluble food polymers: Preparation, characterization and potential application
Ashok R. Patel, Nick Cludts, Mohd Dona Bin Sintang, Ans Lesaffer and Koen Dewettinck
Food Funct., 2014, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4FO00624K

Can Suillus granulatus (L.) Roussel be classified as a functional food?
Filipa S. Reis, Dejan Stojković, Lillian Barros, Jasmina Glamočlija, Ana Ćirić, Marina Soković, Anabela Martins, M. Helena Vasconcelos, Patricia Morales and Isabel C. F. R. Ferreira
Food Funct., 2014, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4FO00619D

Hypoglycemic, hypolipidemic and antioxidant effects of Sarcandra glabra polysaccharide in type 2 diabetic mice
Wei Liu, Ying Zheng, Zhenzhen Zhang, Wenbing Yao and Xiangdong Gao
Food Funct., 2014, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C4FO00430B

Take a look at our recent HOT Food & Function articles. Please take a look, let us know your thoughts and remember – these are free to access until Monday 13th October 2014.

Oolong, black and pu-erh tea suppresses adiposity in mice via activation of AMP-activated protein kinase
Yoko Yamashita, Liuqing Wang, Lihua Wang, Yuki Tanaka, Tianshun Zhang and Hitoshi Ashida
Food Funct., 2014, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4FO00095A

New insights into the effects of formulation type and compositional mixtures on the antioxidant and cytotoxic activities of dietary supplements based-on hepatoprotective plants
Carla Pereira, João C. M. Barreira,Ricardo C. Calhelha, Maria João R. P. Queiroz,Lillian Barrosa and   Isabel C. F. R. Ferreira
Food Funct., 2014, 5, 2052-2060
DOI: 10.1039/C4FO00387J

Bi-compartmental elderly or adult dynamic digestion models applied to interrogate protein digestibility
Carmit Shani Levi and Uri Lesmes
Food Funct., 2014, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4FO00478G

Our referees have awarded the following Food & Function papers ‘HOT’ article status. Please take a look, let us know your thoughts and remember – these are free to access until Wednesday 1^st October 2014.

Structural differences of prebiotic oligosaccharides influence their capability to enhance iron absorption in deficient rats
José Moisés Laparra, Marina Díez-Municio, Miguel Herrero and F. Javier Moreno
Food Funct., 2014, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4FO00504J

Glycation is regulated by isoflavones
Jose Manuel Silvan, Chou Srey, Jennifer M. Ames and Maria Dolores del Castillo
Food Funct., 2014, 5, 2036-2042
DOI: 10.1039/C4FO00260A

The effect of chicken extract on ERK/CREB signaling is ApoE isoform-dependent
Shan-May Yong, Qi-Rui Ong, Bei-En Siewa and Boon-Seng Wong 
Food Funct., 2014, 5, 2043-2051
DOI: 10.1039/C4FO00428K

Our referees have awarded the following Food & Function papers ‘HOT’ article status. Please take a look, let us know your thoughts and remember – these are free to access until Thursday 21^st August 2014.

Variations in caffeine and chlorogenic acid contents of coffees: what are we drinking?
Iziar A. Ludwig, Pedro Mena, Luca Calani, Concepción Cid, Daniele Del Rio, Michael E. J. Lean and Alan Crozier
Food Funct., 2014, 5, 1718-1726
DOI: 10.1039/C4FO00290C

Resveratrol prevents cigarette smoke induced keratinocytes damage
Claudia Sticozzi, Franco Cervellati, Ximena Maria Muresan, Carlo Cervellati and Gisueppe Valacchi 
Food Funct., 2014, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C4FO00407H

Bioavailability and metabolism of hydroxycinnamates in rats fed with durum wheat aleurone fractions
Luca Calani, Fayçal Ounnas, Patricia Salen, Christine Demeilliers, Letizia Bresciani, Francesca Scazzina, Furio Brighenti, Camilla Melegari, Alan Crozier, Michel de Lorgeril and Daniele Del Rio
Food Funct., 2014, 5, 1738-1746
DOI: 10.1039/C4FO00328D