Book description
Plant polyphenols are secondary metabolites that constitute one of the
most common and widespread groups of natural products. They express a
large and diverse panel of biological activities including beneficial
effects on both plants and humans. Many polyphenols, from their
structurally simplest representatives to their oligo/polymeric versions
(also referred to as vegetable tannins) are notably known as
phytoestrogens, plant pigments, potent antioxidants, and protein
interacting agents.
Sponsored by Groupe Polyphénols, this publication, which is the third
volume in this highly regarded Recent Advances in Polyphenol
Research series, is edited by Véronique Cheynier, Pascale
Sarni-Manchado, and Stéphane Quideau (the current President of Groupe
Polyphénols). Like their predecessors, they have once again put
together an impressive collection of cutting-edge chapters written by
expert scientists internationally respected in their respective field
of polyphenol sciences. This Volume 3 provides the latest information
and opinion on the following major research topics about polyphenols:
- Organic chemistry and physical chemistry
- Biosynthesis, genetics and metabolic engineering
- The role of polyphenols in plants and ecosystems
- Health and nutrition
- Analysis and metabolomics
Chemists, biochemists, plant scientists, pharmacognosists and
pharmacologists, biologists, ecologists, food scientists and
nutritionists will all find this book an invaluable resource.
Libraries in all universities and research institutions where these
disciplines are studied and taught should have copies on their bookshelves.
Véronique Cheynier
and
Pascale Sarni-Manchado
are based at Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, UMR
Sciences Pour l'Enologie, Montpellier, France.
Stéphane Quideau is at the University of Bordeaux, Institut
Européen de Chimie et Biologie, (ISM, CNRS-UMR 5255), France.
