Recent Advances in Polyphenol Research, Volume 6

Plantpolyphenols are secondary metabolites that constitute one of the most common and widespread groups of natural products. They are crucial constituents of a large and diverse range of biological functions and processes, and provide many benefits to both plants and humans. Manypolyphenols, from their structurally simplest representatives to their oligo/polymeric versions, are notably known as phytoestrogens, plant pigments, potent antioxidants, and protein interacting agents.

This sixth volume of the highly regarded Recent Advances inPolyphenol Research series is edited by Heidi Halbwirth, Karl Stich, Véronique Cheynier and Stéphane Quideau, and is a continuance of the series’ tradition of compiling a cornucopia of cutting-edge chapters, written by some of the leading experts in their respective fields of polyphenol sciences. Highlighted herein are some of the most recent and pertinent developments in polyphenol research, covering such major areas as:

• Chemistry and physicochemistry
• Biosynthesis, genetics & metabolic engineering
• Roles in plants and ecosystems
• Food, nutrition & health
• Applied polyphenols

This book is a distillation of the most current information, and as such, will surely prove an invaluable source for chemists, biochemists, plant scientists, pharmacognosists and pharmacologists, biologists, ecologists, food scientists and nutritionists.

Keywords: 2-aryl-4-benzyltetrahydrofurans, acylphloroglucinol biosynthesis, acylphloroglucinols, anthocyanin, arylnaphthalenes, aryltetralins, bhlhs, bicyclopentadione, citrus flavanones, coumarins, cryogenic nmr, diaryltetrahydrofurans, dibenzocyclooctadienes, dibenzylbutyrolactones, dietary phenols, dimethyloxirane bisphenols, dimethyloxirane monophenols, flavonoid enzymes, flavonoid enzymes, flavonoid metabolism, flavonoid metabolon, flavonoids, furofurans, glucosylation, haemodoraceae, horticulture, hypericaceae, hypericum, laser desorption ionization, ldi, lignins, metabolic networks, metabolite, metabolite profiling, metabolomics, metabolons, mirna, multi-enzyme complexes, musaceae, mybs, peroxidase, peroxidases, phenolics, phenotypes, phenylphenalenones, phytoalexins, polycyclic aromatics, polyphenol accumulation, polyphenolic compounds, polyphenolic secondary metabolites, polyphenols, protein interactions, recombinant microorganisms, red paracytic stomata, root polyphenols, stilbenes, subcellular distribution, tannins, the lignans, thermoset production, thermosets, transcriptional profiling, vascular health