Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1 – The Health Effects of the Peach Prunus persica Based on Evidence (pp. 1-42)
Noboru Motohashi (Meiji Pharmaceutical University, Tokyo, Japan)

Chapter 2 – Anthocyanins in Cereal Grains (pp. 43-66)
Heinrich Grausgruber, Stefano D’Amico, Rutrada Dong, Klaus Atzgersdorfer, Milena Musilova and Stefan Böhmdorfer (Department of Crop Sciences, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences,
Tulln, Austria and others)

Chapter 3 -The Health Effects of Halophyte Iceplant Mesembryanthemum crystallinum L. Based on Evidence (pp. 67-96)
Noboru Motohashi (Meiji Pharmaceutical University, Tokyo, Japan)

Chapter 4 – Antisickling Activity and Physico-Chemical Stability of Anthocyanin Extracts from Hypoxis angustifolia Lam. (Hypoxidaceae) Bulbs (pp. 97-114)
P. T. Mpiana, F. M. Misakabu, J. M. Kitadi, K. N. Ngbolua, D. S. T. Tshibangu, B. K. Lombe, P. V. Tsalu, E. K. Atibu, B. Z. Gbolo and C. L. Muanyishay (Faculté des Sciences, B.P. 190 Université de Kinshasa, Kinshasa XI, Democratic Republic of the Congo and others)

Chapter 5 – Pueraria mirifica, the Rejuvenating Herb and Its Unique Phytoestrogenic Constituents Miroestrol, Its Isomers and Derivatives (pp. 115-122)
Youssef W. Mirhom, Frank S. D’Amelio, Sr., Rocky T. Graziose, Richard DePinto, Paula L. Schulbaum, Ligia E. Orduz and I. Sandford Schwartz (Bio-Botanica, Inc., Hauppauge, NY, USA and others)

Chapter 6 – The Health Benefits of Tomatillo Berries (pp. 123-140)
Rao Gollapudi and Noboru Motohashi (University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA and others)

Chapter 7 – Polyphenols from the Mediterranean Diet: Structure, Analysis and Health Evidence (pp. 141-210)
M. M. Contreras Gámez, C. Rodríguez Pérez, P. García Salas and A. Segura Carretero (Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Granada, Granada, Spain and others)

Index