| Foreword | GACP and Cultivation of Japanese Medical Plants | Setsuko Sekiya | Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences at Kagawa Campus, Tokushima Bunri University |  |
| Reviews | Interactions with Bio-membranes and Functionality of Plant Foodstuffs | Hironori Tsuchiya
Motohiko Nagayama | Asahi University School of Density |  |
| Interaction of Tea Catechin Derivatives with Lipid Bilayers and Their Antibacterial Activity | Katsuko Kajiya | Yamaguchi University School of medicine |  |
Shigenori Kumazawa
Tsutomu Nakayama | Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences, University of Shizuoka |
| Biological Evaluation of Functional Foods Toward the Development of Primary Prevention Against Lifestyle Related Diseases | Shin-ichi Katsuda
Hidetaka Sato | Japan Food Research Laboratories |  |
| Effects of Bisphenol A on Maturation of the Murine Immune Function | Tomohide Hosokawa | Department of Life Science, Kyoto University of Education |  |
| Antioxidant Mechanism of the Potent Diterpenoid Antioxidants Found in Sage and Rosemary | Toshiya Matsuda | Faculty of Integrated Arts and Sciences, University of Tokushima |  |
| Present State and Future Potential of Membrane Technology in Food Industry | Hiroshi Nabetani
Satoshi Iwamoto | Food Engineering Division, National Food Research Institute |  |
| Evaluation of Catechins and Vegetable Fermented Food by Using Novel Anti-Oxidant Screening Methods | Yutaka Matsuoka
Ikuko Mori | Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokyo University of Science |  |
| Katsuhiko Itoh | Aol Corporation |
| Hiroshi Hara | Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokyo University of Science |
| Historical Review of Japanese Citrus Fruits | Munehiro Hoshino | Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kumamoto University |  |
Motonobu Goto
Mitsuru Sasaki | Faculty of Engineering, Kumamoto University |
| Utilization of Medicinal and Edible Plants in Brazil (3) | Shunsuke Inoue
Goro Hashimoto | Centro de Pesquisas de Historia Natural |  |
| ArtTaste | What Gives Life to Coffee is its Aroma | Muneo Morimitsu | Japan Coffee Society |  |