Preface

Overview and Perspectives

Food Factors in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

Fereidoon Shahidi

Chi-Tang Ho

Bioavailability and Biological Activity of Tea Polyphenols

Hong Lu

Xiaofeng Meng

Mao-Jung Lee

Chuan Li

Pius Maliakal

Chung S. Yang

Structured Lipids Enriched with Omega-3 and Omega-6 Highly Unsaturated Fatty Acids

S. P. J. Namal Senanayake

Fereidoon Shahidi

Effects of Tea Polyphenols on Arachidonic Acid Metabolism in Human Colon

Jungil Hong

Chung S. Yang

Signal Transduction and Gene Modulation

Prevention and Therapy of Cancer by Food Factors through p53-Dependent or -Independent Apoptosis

Zigang Dong

Cancer Chemoprevention by Phytopolyphenols through Modulating Mitotic and Differentiating Signal Transduction Pathways

Jen-Kun Lin

Min-Hsiung Pan

Chi-Tang Ho

Shoei-Yn Lin-Shiau

Significance of Bcl-2 Protein Phosphorylation in Cancer Cells for Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Discovery

Mohamed M. Rafi

Modulation of Cytokine Gene Expression by Curcumin

Marion Man-Ying Chan

Hsing-I Huang

John A. Mattiacci

Dunne Fong

Suppression of Transcriptional Activity of Gene Promoter for Cyclooxygenase-2 and Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase in Colon Cancer Cells

Michihiro Mutoh

Hirofumi Matsui

Mami Takahashi

Takeji Takamura-Enya

Keiji Wakabayashi

Divergent Cytotoxic Effects of Conjugated Linoleic Acid Isomers on NCI-N87 Cells

Sook J. Park

Cherl W. Park

Seck J. Kim

Jung K. Kim

Young R. Kim

Young S. Kim

Yeong L. Ha

Green Tea Extracts Prevent the Dioxin Toxicity through the Suppression of Transformation of the Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor

Itsuko Fukuda

Atsushi Kaneko

Yoshiyuki Yabushita

Iwao Sakane

Takami Kakuda

Kazuki Kanazawa

Gen-ichi Danno

Hitoshi Ashida

Preventive Effects of Food Components on Caspase-8-Mediated Apoptosis Induced by Dietary Carcinogen, Trp-P-1, in Rat Mononuclear Cells

Takashi Hashimoto

Wakana Ito

Takashi Furuyashiki

Takashi Sano

Ken-ichiro Minato

Masashi Mizuno

Kazuki Kanazawa

Gen-ichi Danno

Hitoshi Ashida

A Tryptophan Pyrolysis Product, 3-Amino-1,4-dimethyl-5H-pyrido[4, 3-b]indole (Trp-P-1) but Not Its Metabolite Induces Apoptosis in Primary Cultured Rat Hepatocytes: Induction of CYP 1A Interfaces Trp-P-1-Induced Apoptosis

Bunsyo Shiotani

Hitoshi Ashida

Yuji Nonaka

Takashi Hashimoto

Kazuki Kanazawa

Gen-ichi Danno

Simulation of TNF-a and NO Production from Murine Macrophage by Water-Soluble Polysaccharides from Isaria japonica

Sachiko Kawakami

Ken-ichiro Minato

Toshikatsu Imamura

Yasuo Aizono

Masashi Mizuno

Role of Histone Acetyltransferase and Deacetylase in the Retinoic Acid-Induced Differentiation of F9 Cells

Chunyuan Jin

Hongie Li

Masami Horikoshi

Kailai Sun

Kazunari K. Yokoyama

Biomarker and Animal Models

In Vivo Inhibition of Mammary Carcinogenesis, Formation of DNA-Carcinogen Adducts, and Mammary Proliferation by Dietary Dibenzoylmethane

Chuan-Chuan Lin

Yao-Ping Lu

You-Rong Lou

Chi-Tang Ho

Harold H. Newmark

Christopher MacDonald

Keith W. Singletary

Mou-Tuan Huang

Protective Effect of Dibenzoylmethane on Chemically-and UV Light-Induced Skin, Inflammation, Sunburn Lesions, and Skin Carcinogenesis in Mice

Mou-Tuan Huang

Yue Liu

Jian-Guo Xie

Harold H. Newmark

Chi-Tang Ho

Inflammatory Response in the Pathogenesis of Atherosclerosis and Its Prevention by Rosmarinic Acid, a Functional Ingredient of Rosemary

Yuji Naito

Shigenori Oka

Toshikazu Yoshikawa

Inhibitory Effects of Oral Administration of an Extract of Orange Peel in the Diet on Azoxymethane-Induced Formation of Aberrant Crypt Foci and Colon Tumor in CF-1 Mice

Wei Ding

Yue Liu

Robert T. Rosen

Geetha Ghai

Mou-Tuan Huang

Tea Extracts Modulate a Glucose Transport System in 3T3-L1 Adipocytes

Takashi Furuyashiki

Sayaka Terashima

Hironobu Nagayasu

Atsushi Kaneko

Iwao Sakane

Takami Kakuda

Kazuki Kanazawa

Gen-ichi Danno

Hitoshi Ashida

Suppression of Cytochrome P4501 a Subfamily in Mouse Liver by Oral Intake of Polysaccharides from Mushrooms, Lentinus edodes and Agaricus blazei

Hitoshi Ashida

Takashi Hashimoto

Yuji Nonaka

Itsuko Fukuda

Kazuki Kanazawa

Gen-ichi Danno

Ken-ichiro Minato

Sachiko Kawakami

Masashi Mizuno

Antioxidants

Antioxidants in Processed Garlic: Tetrahydro-β-carboline Derivatives in Aged Garlic Extract

Nagatoshi Ide

Makoto Ichikawa

Kenjiro Ryu

Jiro Yoshida

Takashi Sasaoka

Shin-ichiro Sumi

Hiromichi Sumiyoshi

Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry Method for Fructosylarginine, an Antioxidant in the Aged Garlic Extract

Kenjiro Ryu

Nagatoshi Ide

Makoto Ichikawa

Kozue Ogasawara

Robert T. Rosen

Antioxidant Activity of Electrolized Sodium Chloride: Inhibitory Effect of Cathodic Solution Produced by the Electrolysis of a Dilute NaCl Solution on the Oxidation of Lipids and Lipid Related Compounds

Kazuo Miyashita

Eiichi Nara

Hiroaki Kubouchi

Tetsuya Suzuki

Antioxidative Peptides in Porcine Myofibrillar Protein Hydrolysates by Protease Treatment

Ai Saiga

Toshihide Nishimura

Fruits and Vegetables

Structure and Genetic Variation of Cranberry Proanthocyanidins That Inhibit Adherence of Uropathogenic P-Fimbriated E. coli

Nicholi Vorsa

Amy B. Howell

L. Yeap Foo

Yinrong Lu

Fractionation, Antioxidant Activity, and Cytotoxicity of Cranberry Fruit Extracts

Catherine C. Neto

Xiaojun Yan

Brian T. Murphy

Kanayochukwu Azogu

Gerald B. Hammond

Conversion of Carotenoids to Retinoids and Other Oxidation Products

Akihiko Nagao

Eiichi Kotake-Nara

Carotenoid and Polyphenol Content of Different Tomato Cultivars and Related Antioxidant Activity

P. G. Pietta

P. I. Mauri

M. Minoggio

C. Gardana

I. Iemoli

P. Simonetti

Garlic Chemistry: Chemical and Biological Properties of Sulfur-Containing Compounds Derived from Garlic

Yukihiro Kodera

Hiromichi Matsuura

Hiromichi Sumiyoshi

Shin-ichiro Sumi

Isothiocyanates as Inducers of Phase II Drug-Metabolizing Enzyme: Involvement of Cellular Redox Alteration

Yoshimasa Nakamura

Separation and Bioactivity of Diarylheptanoids from Lesser Galangal (Alpinia officinarum)

Zhihua Liu

M. Mohamed Rafi

Nanqun Zhu

Kenjiro Ryu

Shengmin Sang

Chi-Tang Ho

Robert T. Rosen

Inhibition of Carcinogenesis by Tea Aqueous Non-Dialyzates Fractionated from Crude Tea Extracts

Yoshiyuki Nakamura

Mamoru Isemura

Sumio Hayakawa

Kouichi Saeki

Yu Koyama

Takashi Kimura

Masanori Kuroyanagi

Tadataka Noro

Kyoji Yoshino

Toshihiro Tsuneyoshi

Other Food Factors

Structural Modification to Improve Psyllium Functionality

Liangli Yu

Effect of Antioxidants on Photosensitized Degradation of Methionine by Riboflavin

Shuichi Muranishi

Hideki Masuda

Susumu Kiyohara

Toshio Ueno

Chi-Tang Ho

Comparative Study of Glycans in Lactoferrin-a and Lactoferrin-b

Zheng Wei

Toshihide Nishimura

Influence of Endopeptidases and Aminopeptidases on the Production of Taste Peptides and Free Amino Acids in Muscle Foods

Toshihide Nishimura

Author Index

Subject Index