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This book was developed from the proceedings of the first North
American Tannin Conference held in Port. Angeles, Washington,
August 1988. The objective of the conference was to bring together
people with a common interest in condensed tannins and to promote
interdisciplinary interactions that will lead to a better
understanding of these important substances. Anot. her objective
was the publicat. ion of this book because there has not been a
monograph devoted to the chemistry and significance of tannins for
several decades. The book is organized into sections dealing with
the biosynthesis, structure, re actions, complexation with other
biopolymers, biological significance, and use of tannins as
specialty chemicals. The authors made a special attempt to focus on
what we don't know as well as to provide a summary of what we do
know in an effort to assist in planning future research. Our thanks
go to the authors who so kindly contributed chapters and so pa
tiently responded to our requests. We also thank Rylee Geboski and
the Conference Assist. ance Staff, College of Forestry, Oregon
State University, for their assistance in planning and conducting
t. he conference, and Julia Wilson, Debbie Wolfe, Helen Coletka,
and Nancy Greene of the Southern Forest Experiment Station,
Pineville, Louisiana, who typed the chapt. ers. Linda Chalker-Scott
was especially helpful in assisting us wit. h editing. Dick
Hemingway is indebted t. o the staff of the Alexandria Forest."
This book was developed from the proceedings of the 2nd North
American Tan nin Conference held in Houghton, Michigan, June, 1991.
The objective of this con ference was to bring together people with
a common interest in plant polyphenols and to promote
interdisciplinary interactions that will lead to a bet ter
understand ing of the importance of these substances. Another
objective of this conference was to extend the 'tannin family' by
making special efforts to encourage participation by scientists
outside the United States, obtain more coverage of the hydrolyzable
tannins, and further broaden the scope of coverage from the initial
concentration on forestry and forest products. Com parison of the
contents of this book with 'Chemistry and Significance of Condensed
Tannins' that resulted from the proceedings of the 1st North
American Tannin Conference shows the degree that these objectives
were met. In developing the second conference, care was taken to
assure that this book extends rather than duplicates the coverage
of the first conference. Therefore, the two books should be taken
together to obtain an up to date coverage of the broad area of
chemistry and significance of plant polyphenols. Our thanks go to
the authors who so kindly contributed chapters and so pa tiently
responded to our requests. We thank the Conference Assistance Staff
of Michigan Technological University for their help in planning and
conducting the conference."
This volume summarizes current research on the influence of plant
polyphenols on human health, promoting collaboration between
chemists and biologists to improve our understanding of their
biological significance, and expanding the possibilities for their
use.
This volume contains the proceedings of the 3rd Tannin Conference,
held in July 1998, with the objective of promoting collaboration
between chemists and biologists to improve our understanding of the
biological significance of plant polyphenols and to expand
possibilities for their use. Special efforts were made to summarize
late-1990s research on the influence of these compounds on human
health. Some of the topics included are: hydrolyzable tannins;
condensed tannins and related compounds; biotechnology; antioxidant
properties and heart disease; conformation, complexation, and
antimicrobial properties; polyphenols and cancer; polyphenols in
commerce; polyphenols and ecology. A comparison of the
contributions to the proceedings of the first, second, and third of
these conferences shows important growth in the recognition of the
significance of these compounds on the part of biologists and
biochemists and increasing relevance in medically-oriented
disciplines.
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