Recent Advances in Redox Active Plant and Microbial Products From Basic Chemistry to Widespread Applications in Medicine and Agriculture

1. Introduction

2. Sources of redox active secondary metabolites; Agnieszka Bartoszek

3. The modern art of identification of natural substances in whole plants (I); Patrick Chaimbault

4. A word on redox activity; Torsten Burkholz and Claus Jacob

5. Oxidative stress, antioxidants, chemoprevention and beneficial roles of pro-oxidants; Lars-Oliver Klotz

6. The French paradox at Tea time: From flavonoids toward synthetic stilbene-based drugs; Oualid Talhi, Diana C.G.A. Pinto, Artur Silva

7. Bioreactivity of resveratrol in relation to inflammatory processes; Norbert Latruffe; Alan Lançon, Emeric Limage, Jean-Jacques Michaille

8. Treasures along the oligomeric road from flavonoids to polyphenols and tannins; Hadi Ebrahimnejad, Torsten Burkholz and Claus Jacob

9. The cellular thiolstat as emerging target of secondary metabolites; Martin Gruhlke, Alan Slusarenko

10. Thiosulfinates, organic polysulfanes and related compounds: From an unusual chemistry toward a wealth of potential applications; Ifeanyi D. Nwachukwu, Alan J. Slusarenko

11. Beyond glutathione:- Different low molecular weight thiols as mediators of redox regulation and other metabolic functions in lower organisms; Chris Hamilton, Miriam Arbach, Murree Groom

12. Garlic based natural "products": Turning secondary plant metabolites into a commercial success; Awais Anwar, Murree Groom, Miriam Arbach, Chris Hamilton

13. Phytol, a chlorophyll component with anti-inflammatory properties; Peter Olofsson, Malin Hultqvist, Lars I. Hellgren and Rikard Holmdahl

14. Recent advances in molecular genetics of furanocoumarin synthesis in higher plants; Frédéric Bourgaud, Alexandre Olry, Alain Hehn

15. Natural products molten together: Towards multifunctional hybrid molecules with specific activities and applications; Gilbert Kirsch Sergio Valente

16. Nanotaxis for antioxidants; Cornelia M. Keck, Rainer H. Müller and Karl-Herbert Schäfer

17. Industrial uses of redox active enzymes; Jennifer A. Littlechild, Michail Isupov

18. Systemic enzyme therapy - Fact or Fiction?; Peter Meiser, Zhanjie Xu, Gilbert Kirsch and Claus Jacob