Typewritten manuscripts (4 copies) should be submitted to the editorial office. The typing should be double-spaced throughout with one-inch margins on all sides.
Page one should contain: the tile, which should be concise and informative; the complete name(s) of the author(s); affiliation of the author(s); a running title of 40 characters or less; and the name and mail address to whom correspondence should be sent. Include E mail address of corresponding author if available.
Page two should contain an abstract of not more than 150 words. This abstract should be intelligible by itself.
The main text should begin on page three and will ordinarily have the following arrangement:
Introduction: This should be brief and state the reason the work in relation to the field. It should indicate what new contribution is made by the work described.
Materials and Methods: Enough information should be provided to allow other investigators to repeat the work. Avoid repeating the details of procedures which have already been published elsewhere.
Results: The results should be presented as concisely as possible. Do not use tables and figures for presentation of the same data.
Discussion: The discussion section should be used for the interpretation of results. The results should not be repeated.
In some cases, it might be desirable to combine results and discussion sections.
References: References should be given in the text by the surname of the authors and the year. Et al. should be used in the text when there are more than two authors. All authors should be given in the References section. In the References section the references should be listed alphabetically. See below for style to be used.
CRABBE, T., O'CONNELL, J. P., SMITH, B. J. AND DOCHERTY, A. J. 1994. Reciprocated matrix metalloproteinase activation: a process performed by interstitial collagenase and progelatinase A. Biochem. 33(48), 14419-14425.
DE GROOT, S. J. 1995. Edible species. In Fish and Fishery Products Composition, Nutritive Properties and Stability, (A. Ruiter, ed.) pp. 31-76, CAB International, Wallingford.
WHITAKER, J. R. 1993. Principles of Enzymology for the Food Sciences, Second Edition, 648 pp., Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York.
Journal abbreviations should follow those used in Chemical Abstracts. Responsibility for the accuracy of citations rests entirely with the author(s). References to papers in press should indicate the name of the journal and should only be used for papers that have been accepted for publication. Submitted papers should be referred to by such terms as "unpublished observations" or "private communication." However, these last should be used only when absolutely necessary.
Tables should be numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals. The title of the table should appear as below:
TABLE 1.
ACTIVITY OF POTATO ACYL-HYDROLASES ON NEUTRAL LIPIDS.
GALACTOLIPIDS, AND PHOSPHOLIPIDS
Description of experimental work or explanation of symbols should go below the table proper. Type tables neatly and correctly as tables are considered art and are not typeset.
Figures should be listed in order in the text using Arabic numbers. Figure legends should be typed on a separate page. Figures and tables should be intelligible without reference to the text. Authors should indicate where the tables and figures should be placed in the text. Photographs must be supplied as glossy black and white prints. Line diagrams should be drawn with black waterproof ink on white paper or board. The lettering should be of such a size that it is easily legible after reduction. Each diagram and photograph should be clearly labeled on the reverse side with the name(s) and author(s) and title of paper. When not obvious, each photograph and diagram should be labeled on the back to show the top of the photograph or diagram.
Acknowledgments: Acknowledgments should be listed on a separate page.
Short notes will be published where the information is deemed sufficiently important to warrant rapid publication. The format for short papers may be similar to that for regular papers but more concisely written. Short notes may be of a less general nature and written principally for specialists in the particular area with which the manuscript is dealing. Manuscripts which do not meet the requirement of importance and necessity for rapid publication will, after notification of the author(s), be treated as regular papers. Regular papers may be very short.
Standard nomenclature as used in the scientific literature should be followed. Avoid laboratory jargon. If abbreviations or trade names are used, define the material or compound the first time that is mentioned.
EDITORIAL OFFICE: Prof. Norman F. Haard, Food Science and Technology, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616 USA. Tel: (530)752-2507, FAX: (530)752-4759, Email: nfhaard@ucdavis.edu.