| Foreword | Why is "Shokuiku" (Dietary Education) Needed Today? | Toshio Mitsunaga | Professor Emeritus of Kinki University |  |
| Reviews | Glycosides and Antioxidants of Herbs with Emphasis on Their Relevance to Functional Foods | Naoki Kashimura a)
Masaru Kitagawa b)
Ikuo Sato c) | a) Professor Emeritus of Mie University
b) Toyobo Co., Ltd. Research Center
c) Chisso Corporation, Yokohama Research center |  |
| Probing the Beneficial Effects on Human Health of Buckwheat as a Traditional Food | Kiyokazu Ikeda
Sayoko Ikeda | Faculty of Nutrition, Kobe Gakuin University |  |
| Effect of Intake of Green Vegetables and Cooking Procedures on Quercetin Concentrations in Human Plasma | Kana Ioku a)
Toyoko Okuda a)
Hisa Higuchi b)
Miho Kogirima c)
Naemi Kajiwara d)
Yoko Takei a) | a) Faculty of Education, Osaka-Kyoiku University
b) Department of Food Science and Nutrition, School of Agriculture, Kinki University
c) Faculty of Human Life and Science, Doshisha Womenfs College of Liberal Arts
d) Faculty of Home Economics, Kobe Womenfs University |  |
Application of High Hydrostatic Pressure for Food Processing:
Pressure-induced Changes in Myofibrillar Proteins | Katsuhiro Yamamoto
Tomohito Iwasaki | Department of Food Science, Faculty of Dairy Science, Rakuno Gakuen University |  |
| Blessing of Inca (úM) : The Fruits in Highlands and Dry Land | Jun Takano |  |  |
| The Science of Useful Plants in the Central Andes Area in South America I | Toshio Mitsunaga a)
Hjtomi Ando b) | a) Professor Emeritus of Kinki University
b) Kyoto Bunkyo Junior College |  |
| ArtTaste | Culture and Science of the Acorn V
- Culture and Science of the Acorn in Japan after the Jomon Period 1 - | Toshio Mitsunaga | Professor Emeritus of Kinki University |  |