| Foreword | Health-longevity Science and Yaku-shoku Dogen 'Medicine and Food, Sharing a Common Origin' | Hiroshi Noguchi | School of Pharmaceutical Science, University of Shizuoka |  |
| Feature Artieles : Many-Splendored Physiological Functions of Foods and Health Promotion | Research Progress in Health Effects of Green Tea | Mamoru Isemura a)
Koichi Abe b) | a) Graduate School of Nutritional and Environmental Sciences, Global COE, University of Shizuoka
b) Kumiai Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. |  |
Stimulatory Effects of Royal Jelly on the Generation of Neuronal and Glial Cells
- Expectation of Protection Against Some Neurological Disorders - | Shoei Furukawa | Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Department of Biofunctional Analysis, Gifu Pharmaceutical University |  |
| Generation of Plantibodies as High Profile Functional Foods Based on the Mucosal Immune System | Yasuyuki Imai | School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka |  |
| Food-Drug Interactions | Toshiaki Makino
Hajime Mizukami | Department of Pharmacognosy, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University |  |
| Structural Biology of Curculin, a Taste-Modifying Protein | Eiji Kurimoto a)
Eiko Amemiya a)
Koichi Kato a,b) | a) Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University
b) Okazaki Institute for Integrative Bioscience, National Institutes of Natural Sciences |  |
| Review | Real Time Monitoring of Glyco-Related Enzymes | Yoshio Okahata | Department of Biomolecular Engineering, Graduate School of Tokyo Institute of Technology |  |
| You Taste Hot Chili Pepper in Your Stomach: Pharmacological Effects of Capsaicin, a Constituent of Chili Pepper, on Gastric Mucosal Defense Mechanisms Through the Vanilloid Receptor TRPV1 | Syunji Horie | Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Josai International University |  |
| Functional-Graft-Chain-Containing Porous Sheets Designed for Clean-Up in Quantitative Analysis | Kyoichi Saito a)
Kazuyoshi Miyoshi a)
Shinsuke Yamada b) | a) Graduate School of Engineering, Chiba University
b) INOAC CORPORATION |  |
| ArtTaste | Exploring the Diversity and Unpredictability of Luxury Items in Ethnic Cultures | Masatoshi Takada | School of Sociology, Bukkyo University |  |