| Foreword | More on "Food Safety" | Yasuo Igarashi | Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo |  |
| Reviews | This Information Should Be Known, When We Use Herbal Medicines
- Especially Information on Laws and Notices - | Eiji Sakai a)
Tomoko Kawamura b)
Toshihiro Tanaka a) | a) Gifu Pharmaceutical University
b) Faculty of Pharmacy, Meijo University |  |
| Information on Medicinal Herbs Concerned with Avoidance of Health | Tomoko Kawamura a)
Eiji Sakai b)
Toshihiro Tanaka b) | a) Faculty of Pharmacy, Meijo University
b) Gifu Pharmaceutical University |  |
| Edible Canna and its Starch: An Under-Exploited Starch-Producing Plant Resource | Nobuyuki Tanaka a)
Naoyoshi Inouch b)
Tetsuo Koyama a) | a) Kochi Prefectural Makino Botanical Garden
b) Faculty of Life Science and Biotechnology, Fukuyama University |  |
| Negative Correlation between Birthweight and Risk of Life Style-Related Adult Diseases | Kitaro Oka | Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Science |  |
| Oblepikha - A new Fruit with High Amounts of Unsaturated Fatty Acids and Vitamins [1] | Yoshinori Kanayama
Wataru Ohkawa
Koki Kanahama | Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University |  |
| Report | Review of the 9th Symposium on "Why Human Beings are Refreshed by the Green Odor Emitted by Green Leaves in the Forest !" | Akikazu Hatanaka | Professor Emeritus of Yamaguch University |  |
| ArtTaste | Modern Human's Grand Journey, from East Africa to the Southernmost End of the Americas (I) | Kenjiro Kinugawa
Toshio Mitsunaga | Professor Emeritus of Kinki University |  |