CHEMISTRY AND BIOLOGY OF ELLAGITANNINS<br> An Underestimated Class of Bioactive Plant Polyphenols

CHEMISTRY AND BIOLOGY OF ELLAGITANNINS
An Underestimated Class of Bioactive Plant Polyphenols

CONTENTS


FRONT MATTER	i
Ellagitannins Renewed the Concept of Tannins Takuo Okuda, Takashi Yoshida, Tsutomu Hatano and Hideyuki Ito	1
Structural Diversity and Antimicrobial Activities of Ellagitannins Takashi Yoshida, Tsutomu Hatano, Hideyuki Ito and Takuo Okuda	55
Biosynthesis of Ellagitannins: Old Ideas and New Solutions Georg G. Gross	94
Physicochemical Properties and Biomimetic Reactions of Ellagitannins Takashi Tanaka	119
Strategies for the Synthesis of Ellagitannins Karamali Khanbabaee	152
Immunomodulatory Ellagitannin Chemistry Adiel Coca, Ken S. Feldman and Michael D. Lawlor	203
Bioavailability and Metabolism of Ellagic Acid and Ellagitannins Francisco A. Tomás-Barberan, Juan C. Espín and María T. García-Conesa	273
Sources and Health Effects of Dietary Ellagitannins Riitta Törrönen	298
C-Glycosidic Ellagitannins and Their Influence on Wine Chemistry Michaël Jourdes, Dorothée Lefeuvre and Stéphane Quideau	320
BACK MATTER	367
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