Table of Contents

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 inLignan 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.