Plant Polyphenols 2 Chemistry, Biology, Pharmacology, Ecology - Gross, Georg G.; Hemingway, Richard W.; Yoshida, Takashi; SpringerLink (Online service) (New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 1999)
Professor Edwin Haslam, Recipient of the 3rd Tannin Conference Award -- Che Farò Senza Polifenoli? -- Hydrolyzable Tannins -- Analysis of Gallic Acid Biosynthesis via Quantitative Prediction of Isotope Labeling Patterns -- Biosynthesis and Biodegradation of Complex Gallotannins -- Toward Understanding Monomeric Ellagitannin Biosynthesis -- Prospects and Progress in Ellagitannin Synthesis -- Highly Oxidized Ellagitannins and Their Biological Activity -- Condensed Tannins and Related Compounds -- Enantioselective Synthesis of Flavonoids: Dihydroflavonols and Flavan-3-ols -- Manipulation of Some Crucial Bonds in the Molecular Backbone of Proanthocyanidins and Related Compounds -- NMR Characterization and Biological Evaluation of Proanthocyanidins: A Systematic Approach -- Methods for Determining the Degree of Polymerization of Condensed Tannins: A New 1H-NMR Procedure Applied to Cider Apple Procyanidins -- Electrospray Contribution to Structural Analysis of Condensed Tannin Oligomers and Polymers -- Structure and Absolute Configuration of Biflavonoids with Benzofuranoid Constituent Units -- New NMR Structure Determination Methods for Prenylated Phenols -- Chemistry, Biosynthesis, and Biological Activity of Natural Diels-Alder Type Adducts from Moraceous Plants -- Biotechnology -- Designer Tannins: Using Genetic Engineering to Modify Levels and Structures of Condensed Tannins in Lotus corniculatus -- Genetic Systems for Condensed Tannin Biotechnology -- Birdsfoot Trefoil: A Model for Studying the Synthesis of Condensed Tannins -- Isotopic Labelling of Dietary Polyphenols for Bioavailability Studies -- Metabolic Activity of Uridine 5?-Diphosphoglucose: Cinnamyl Alcohol Glucosyltransferase as an Intrinsic Indicator of Cambial Growth in Conifers -- Localization of Dirigent Protein Involved in Lignan Biosynthesis: Implications for Lignification at the Tissue and Subcellular Level -- Antioxidant Properties and Heart Disease -- Human Metabolism of Dietary Quercetin Glycosides -- Spin Stabilizing Approach to Radical Characterization of Phenylpropanoid Antioxidants: An ESR Study of Chlorogenic Acid Oxidation in the Horseradish Peroxidase, Tyrosinase, and Ferrylmyoglobin Protein Radical Systems -- Polyphenols Increase Adhesion Between Lipid Bilayers by Forming Interbilayer Bridges -- Antiatherogenic Effects of Tea Polyphenols (Flavan-3-ols) in Humans and ApoE-Deficient Mice -- Glycosylation, Esterification, and Polymerization of Flavonoids and Hydroxycinnamates: Effects on Antioxidant Properties -- Tannins as Biological Antioxidants -- Conformation, Complexation, and Antimicrobial Properties -- Interaction of Flavanoids with Peptides and Proteins and Conformations of Dimeric Flavanoids in Solution -- Modeling the Conformation of Polyphenols and Their Complexation with Polypeptides: Self-Association of Catechin and Its Complexation with L-Proline Glycine Oligomers -- Polyphenols, Metal Ion Complexation and Biological Consequences -- Anti-caries Activity of Bark Proanthocyanidins -- Enhancement of Antimicrobial Activity of Tannins and Related Compounds by Immune Modulatory Effects -- Induction of Apoptosis and Anti-HIV Activity by Tannin- and Lignin-Related Substances -- Polyphenols and Cancer -- Antitumor Activities of Ellagitannins on Tumor Cell Lines -- Chemical Constituents of Mainly Active Component Fractionated from the Aqueous Tea Non-Dialysates, an Antitumor Promoter -- Host-Mediated Anticancer Activities of Tannins -- Inhibitory Effects of Hydrolyzable Tannins on Tumor Promoting Activities Induced by 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) in JB6 Mouse Epidermal Cells -- Plant Lignans and Health: Cancer Chemoprevention and Biotechnological Opportunities -- Polyphenols in Commerce -- Black Tea Dimeric and Oligomeric Pigments-Structures and Formation -- Catechin and Procyanidin Levels in French Wines: Contribution to Dietary Intake -- Functional Properties of Hop Polyphenols -- Modification of the Solubility of Tannins: Biological Significance and Synthesis of Lipid-Soluble Polyphenols -- Sulfur Dioxide Decolorization or Resistance of Anthocyanins: NMR Structural Elucidation of Bisulfite-Adducts -- An Environmental Assessment of Vegetable Tannery Biosolids as an Organic Fertilizer and Soil Conditioner -- Tannin Autocondensation and Polycondensation for Zero Emission Tannin Wood Adhesives -- Polyphenols and Ecology -- Condensed Tannins of Salai (Gaultheria shallon Pursch): A Contributing Factor to Seedling "Growth Check" on Northern Vancouver Island? -- Constituent and Induced Tannin Accumulations in Roots of Loblolly Pines -- Geochemistry of Tannin: Methods and Applications -- Effect of Condensed Tannins in the Diets of Major Crop Insects -- Phenolic Content and Antioxidant Activity: A Study on Plants Eaten by a Group of Howler Monkeys (Alouatta fusca) -- Tannins as Nutritional Constraints for Elk and Deer of the Coastal Pacific Northwest -- Concluding Remarks -- The 3rd Tannin Conference-Retrospect and Prospect -- Author Index.
Keywords: Plant physiology; Organic chemistry; Pharmacy; Plant science; Botany; Plant ecology; Plant Physiology; Organic Chemistry; Pharmacy; Plant Sciences; Plant Ecology