Preface ....................................................... vii
Short Communication: P-Amylase in Millet Seeds Germinated
Under Acidic Stress ............................... 1
Yoshiki Yamasaki
Chapter I. Studies on Perilla Relating to Its Essential
Oil and Taxonomy ................................. 13
Michiho Ito
Chapter II. Effects of Natural Polyphenols on Methicillin-
Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Relation
to Their Chemical and Physical Properties ........ 31
Tsutomu Hatano, Miwako Kusuda, Mayumi
Tsugawa, Shoko Taniguchi, Sumiko Shiota,
Tomofusa Tsuchiya and Takashi Yoshida
Chapter III. Biosynthesis of Chlorinated Alkaloids in
Menispermum dauricum Root Culture ................ 49
Yukihiro Sugimoto and Rieko Hori
Chapter IV. Biochemical and Molecular Aspects of Sorbitol
Metabolism in Rosaceae Fruit Trees and Other
Plants ........................................... 75
Yoshinori Kanayama, Kunio Yamada, Kazuhisa
Kato and Ryo Moriguchi
Chapter V. Recent Advances in Brassica oleracea and
Brassica rapa Varieties Phenolics ................ 87
Paula B. Andrade, Patrícia Valentão, Carla
Sousa, David M. Pereira, Marcos Taveira,
Rosa M. Seabra and Federico Ferreres
Reviewed by Branca M. Silva
Chapter VI. Photooxidative and Autoxidative Degradation
of Lipid Components During the Senescence of
Phototrophic Organisms .......................... 115
Jean-François Rontani
Chapter VII. Auraptene: Phytochemical and Pharmacological
Properties ...................................... 145
Francesco Epifano, Salvatore Genovese
and Massimo Curini
Chapter VIII. Synthesis and Biological Activity of
Fluorinated Brassinosteroids .................... 163
Javier A. Ramírez and Lydia R. Galagovsky
Chapter IX. Cytotoxic Anticancer Drugs from Medicinal
Plants .......................................... 193
Anh-Tho Nguyen and Pierre Duez
Index ......................................................... 209
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