Flavor and Health Benefits of Small Fruits

Michael C. Qian worked for the food industry for ten years as a senior flavor chemist before joining Oregon State University as a faculty member. His research at Oregon State University is focused on aroma/flavor chemistry of small fruits, wine and wine grapes, and dairy products. He has authored more than 50 original research publications in the area of flavor chemistry. Agnes M. Rimando is a Research Chemist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. She has over 20 years of research experience in the field of natural products chemistry. Her research projects include characterization, spectroscopic analysis, structural modification, and discovery of pharmacological actions of phenolic compounds in berries.

Preface ; Overview ; 1. Flavor of Small Fruits - Gary Reineccius ; 2. Evaluating Health Benefits of Various Fruits - Talwinder S. Kahlon ; Volatiles in Small Fruit ; 3. Flavor Chemistry of Small Fruits: Blackberry, Raspberry, and Blueberry - Xiaofen Du and Michael Qian ; 4. Fractionation and Identification of Aroma-Active Constituents in Thornless Trailing 'Black Diamond' Blackberry - Xiaofen Du and Michael Qian ; 5. Aroma-Impact Components of "Carlos" Muscadine Grape Juice - Gwo-Yuh Liu and Keith R. Cadwallader ; 6. Effect of Edible Coating on Volatile Compounds of Hardy Kiwifruit during Storage ; Erning Yang, Yanyun Zhao, and Michael C. Qian ; 7. Effects of Germplasm Origin and Fruit Character on Volatile Composition of Peaches and Nectarines ; Yiju Wang, Feng Chen, Jinbao Fang, Chunxiang Yang, Jianbo Zhao, Quan Jiang, and Shaohua Li ; Potential Health Benefits of Berry Fruits and Constituents ; 8. Health Benefits of Berries for Potential Management of Hyperglycemia and Hypertension - Marcia da Silva Pinto and Kalidas Shetty ; 9. Vasoactive and Vasoprotective Antioxidant Properties of Anthocyanin-Enriched Berry Extracts - David R. Bell ; 10. Colonic Availability of Bilberry Anthocyanins in Humans - Michael Kraus, Kathrin Kahle, Friedericke Ridder, Markus Schantz, Wolfgang Scheppach, Peter Schreier, and Elke Richling ; 11. Cranberry and Grape Juice Drinks Affect Infectivity, Integrity, and Pathology of Enteric Viruses in an Animal Model - Steven M. Lipson, Ronald E. Gordon, Laina Karthikeyan, Manpreet Singh, Allen Burdowski, Martin Roy, and Guenther Stotzky ; 12. Flavonoid Fractions from Cranberry Extract Inhibit Growth of Human Tumor Cell Lines - Peter J. Ferguson, David J. Freeman, and James Koropatnick ; 13. Acai (Euterpe oleracea) - Alexander G. Schauss, Gitte S. Jensen, and Xianli Wu ; Bioassay and Analytical Methods and Food Technology ; 14. Using Caenorhabditis elegans To Study Bioactivities of Natural Products from Small Fruits - Mark A. Wilson, Piper R. Hunt, and Catherine A. Wolkow ; 15. Characterization of Antioxidants in Nutmeg (Myristica fragrans Houttuyn) Oil - H. J. Kim, F. Chen, X. Wang, Y. Wang, J. McGregor, and Y. M. Jiang ; 16. Characterization of Acylated Flavonoid Glycosides from Sea Buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides) Juice Concentrate by Preparative HSCCC/ESI-MS-MS - Gerold Jerz, Derek Gutzeit, and Peter Winterhalter ; 17. Preparative Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Berries - Peter Winterhalter, Tuba Esatbeyoglu, and Andrea Wilkens ; 18. Edible Coatings for Enhancing Quality and Health Benefits of Berry Fruits - Yanyun Zhao ; 19. Metabolic Engineering in Fragaria x ananassa for the Production of Epiafzelechin and Phenylpropenoids - W. Schwab, T. Hoffmann, and M. Griesser