Recent Advances in Polyphenol Research

Contributors Preface 1 Achieving Complexity at the Bottom Through the Flavylium Cation-Based Multistate. A Comprehensive Kinetic and Thermodynamic Study Johan Mendoza and Fernando Pina 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Flavylium cation as a metamorphosis generator 1.3 Extending the multistate of anthocyanins and related compounds to the basic region 1.4 The kinetic processes 1.5 Conclusions and perspectives 2 Proanthocyanidin Oligomers with Doubly-Linked (A-Type) Interflavan Connectivity: Structure and Synthesis Ken Ohmori and Keisuke Suzuki 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Structure 2.3 Synthetic studies 2.4 Conclusion 3 Answering the Call of the Wild: Polyphenols in Traditional Therapeutic Practice Mary Ann Lila and Kriya Dunlap 3.1 Introduction 3.2 The wildcrafting tradition 3.3 How wildcrafted edible plants differ from agricultural commodities 3.4 Animal mimickry/Zoopharmacognosy 3.5 Probing the mechanisms behind polyphenol-rich traditional medicines bioactivity 3.6 Commercialization prospects for wildcrafted polyphenol-rich plants 3.7 Acknowledgements 4 Causes and Consequences of Condensed Tannin Variation in Populus: A Molecules to Ecosystems Perspective Kennedy F. Rubert-Nason and Richard L. Lindroth 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Condensed tannin biosynthesis 4.3 Allocational tradeoffs influence CT production 4.4 Causes of quantitative and qualitative variation in Populus CTs 4.5 Roles of CT variation in Populus-environment interactions 4.6 Importance of CTs in Populus-dominated ecosystems of the Anthropocene 4.7 Conclusions and challenges 5 Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) of Proanthocyanidins to Determine Authenticity of Functional Foods and Dietary Supplements Daniel Esquivel-Alvarado, Jess D. Reed, and Christian G. Krueger 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Introduction to matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) 5.3 Mass spectrometry of proanthocyanidins 5.4 Deconvolution of isotope patterns of A- to B-type interflavan bonds in proanthocyanidins 5.5 Multivariate analysis of MALDI-TOF MS spectra data 5.6 Conclusion 6 Challenges in Analyzing Bioactive Proanthocyanidins Wayne E. Zeller and Irene Mueller-Harvey 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Structural diversity of proanthocyanidins 6.3 Noted challenges in proanthocyanidin analysis 6.4 Fate of proanthocyanidins in digestive tract and during plant fermentation 6.5 Definition and possible origins of non-extractable proanthocyanidins (NEPAs) 6.6 Universal problems of proanthocyanidin analysis 6.7 Proanthocyanidin characterization by depolymerization 6.8 Mass spectrometry 6.9 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy 6.10 Colorimetry 6.11 Infra-red spectroscopy 6.12 Conclusions 7 Lignin Monomers Derived from the Flavonoid and Hydroxystilbene Biosynthetic Pathways José C. del Río, Jorge Rencoret, Ana Gutiérrez, Wu Lan, Hoon Kim and John Ralph 7.1 Lignin monomers derived from the monolignol biosynthetic pathway 7.2 Flavonoid and hydroxystilbene biosynthetic pathways 7.3 Radical coupling of flavonoids and hydroxystilbenes with monolignols - flavonolignans and stilbenolignans 7.4 Lignin monomers derived from the flavonoid and hydroxystilbene biosynthetic pathways 7.5 Conclusions and future prospects 7.6 Acknowledgements 8 Complex Regulation of Proanthocyanidin Biosynthesis in Plants by R2R3 MYB Activators and Repressors Dawei Ma and C. Peter Constabel 8.1 Introduction to PAs and flavan-3-ols 8.2 Regulation of PA and flavonoid biosynthesis by MYB transcription factors 8.3 The importance of repressor MYBs in PA and flavonoid metabolism 8.4 The complex interaction of PA MYB activators, MYB repressors and bHLH transcription factors 8.5 Developmental and plant hormone-mediated regulation of the PA pathway via MYBs 8.6 Stress activation of PA synthesis by MYBs in poplar and other woody plants 8.7 Summary and conclusions 8.8 Acknowledgements 9 Conservation and Divergence Between Bryophytes and Angiosperms in the Biosynthesis and Regulation of Flavonoid Production Kevin M. Davies, Rubina Jibran, Nick W. Albert, Yanfei Zhou and Kathy E. Schwinn 9.1 Introduction 9.2 Flavonoid biosynthesis in basal plants 9.3 Origins of the phenylpropanoid biosynthetic pathway and conservation across the embryophytes 9.4 Notable phenylpropanoids of bryophytes 9.5 Regulation of flavonoid production 9.6 Concluding remarks 9.7 Acknowledgements 10 Matching Proanthocyanidin Use with Appropriate Analytical Method James A. Kennedy 10.1 Introduction 10.2 General proanthocyanidin structure and analysis 10.3 Red Wine Mouthfeel 10.4 Biological Activity 10.5 Summary 11 Imaging Polyphenolic Compounds in Plant Tissues Marisa S. Otegui 11.1. Introduction 11.2. The chemical nature and intrinsic fluorescence properties of polyphenols 11.3. Microscopy-based methods for imaging plant phenolic compounds 11.4 Polyphenols and microscopy imaging 11.5 Future challenges and opportunities in imaging plant metabolites Acknowledgments References Index