| Foreword | Global Environment and Bones: Impact of Modern Dietary Life | Yoshiki Nishizawa | Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka City University |  |
| Reviews | Inhibition of Human Matrix Metalloproteinase-7 (MMP-7), an Enzyme Involved in Cancer Metastasis, by Catechins | Kuniyo Inouye
Hiroshi Oneda | Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University |  |
| Physiological and Nutritional Significance of Retinal in Vertebrate Eggs | Toshiaki Irie | Osaka Meijo Women's College |  |
| Takaharu Seki | Division of Health Science, Osaka Kyoiku University |
| b-Primeverosidase and Its Contribution to Formation of Floral Tea Aromas During Oolong and Black Tea Manufacturing | Kanzo Sakata
Masaharu Mizutani | Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University |  |
| Venezuelan Cacao Beans and their Fragrance and Flavor Characteristics | Masahiro Takagi
Tatsuya Kamiwaki
Hiroaki Ashitani
Shunpei Sakamoto | LOTTE CO., LTD., Central Laboratory |  |
| Effects of Beverages, Containing Soybean Milk and Fermented Cow's Milk with Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris F and Acetobacter orientalis F, on the Defecation Frequency and Fecal Properties of Healthy Adults | Takanori Teramoto
Toshiya Toda | Research & Development Laboratory, Fujicco Co., Ltd. |  |
| Yukio Yamori | WHO Collaborating Center for Research on Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases |
| Report | Carcinogenic Risk of Environmental Chemicals-Existence of Threshold | Shoji Fukushima | Department of Pathology, Osaka City University Medical School |  |
| Original Papers | The Rate of Antibacterial Action of the Antibacterial Zeolite | Tatsuo Yamamoto | CP Chemical Incorporated |  |
| Masasi Uchida | Sinanen Zeomic CO., Ltd |
| Shinichi Nakata | Faculty of Engineering and Resources, Akita University |
| Zenbe-e Nakagawa | Faculty of Engineering and Resources, Akita University |
| Analysis of Nisin in Processed Cheese Using Mass Spectrometry Coupled with Liquid Chromatography | Noriko Kuze
Takashi Morimoto | San-Ei Gen F.F.I., Inc. |  |
| ArtTaste | Nature and Agriculture in Monsoon Asia | Kazutake Kyuma | Professor Emeritus of Kyoto University
Professor Emeritus of the University of Shiga Prefecture |  |