Chemistry and Biological Functions. The Contribution of Fruit and Vegetable Consumption to Human Health / Elhadi M Yahia, Mar?a Elena Maldonado Celis, Mette Svendsen -- Anticarcinogenic Phytochemicals / Adriana Cavazos-Gardu?o, Julio C Serrano-Ni?o, Rebeca Garc?a-Varela, Hugo S Garc?a -- Beneficial Effects of Phytochemicals on the Endocrine System / Juan Carlos Sol?s-S, Pablo Garc?a-Sol?s, Ludivina Robles-Osorio, Hebert Luis Hern?ndez-Montiel -- Phytochemicals Effects on Neurodegenerative Diseases / Hebert Luis Hern?ndez-Montiel, Juan Carlos Sol?s-S, Pablo-Garc?a Sol?s, M?nica L?pez Hidalgo, Nancy Georgina Hern?ndez Chan, Lorena Asucena Garc?a Noguez, Juli?n Valeriano Reyes L?pez, Ana Gabriela Hern?ndez Puga, Hayd? Azeneth Vergara Casta?eda, Lorena M?ndez Villa, Nelly Ang?lica Morales Guerrero -- Synthesis and Metabolism of Phenolic Compounds / Mikal E Saltveit -- Biological Actions of Phenolic Compounds / Ana Elena Quir?s Sauceda, Sonia Guadalupe S?yago-Ayerdi, Jes?s Fernando Ayala-Zavala, Abraham Wall-Medrano, Laura A Rosa*, Gustavo A Gonz?lez-Aguilar*, Emilio ?lvarez-Parrilla -- Flavonoids and Their Relation to Human Health / J Abraham Dom?nguez-?vila, Francisco J Olivas-Aguirre, Laura A Rosa, Abraham Wall-Medrano, Gustavo A Gonz?lez-Aguilar* -- Bioaccessibility and Bioavailability of Phenolic Compounds from Tropical Fruits / Gustavo R Velderrain Rodr?guez, Francisco J Blancas-Ben?tez, Abraham Wall-Medrano, Sonia Guadalupe S?yago-Ayerdi, Gustavo A Gonz?lez-Aguilar* -- Mangosteen Xanthones: Bioavailability and Bioactivities / Mark L Failla, Fabiola Guti?rrez-Orozco* -- Methylxanthines: Dietary Sources, Bioavailability, and Health Benefits / Mar?a Raquel Mateos Briz*, Beatriz Sarri? Ruiz, Laura Bravo-Clemente -- Glucosinolates and Isothiocyanates: Cancer Preventive Effects / Ahmad Faizal Abdull Razis, Asvinidevi Arumugam, Nattaya Konsue -- Effect of Soy Isoflavones on DNA Metabolic Enzyme Inhibitory Activity and Anticancer Activity / Yoshiyuki Mizushina, Shinko Hata -- Tannins in Fruits and Vegetables: Chemistry and Biological Functions / Julio Montes-?vila, Gabriela L?pez-Angulo, Francisco Delgado-Vargas -- Chlorophylls: Chemistry and Biological Functions / Sunil Pareek, Narashans Alok Sagar, Sunil Sharma, Vinay Kumar, Tripti Agarwal, Gustavo A Gonz?lez-Aguilar, Elhadi M Yahia -- Chemistry, Stability, and Biological Actions of Carotenoids / Elhadi M Yahia, Jos? Ornelas-Paz, Tatiana Emanuelli, Eduardo Jacob-Lopes, Leila Queiroz Zepka, Braulio Cervantes-Paz -- Protective Effects of Carotenoids in Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes / Tatiana Emanuelli, Paula Rossini Augusti, Miguel Roehrs -- Betalains: Chemistry and Biological Functions / Armando Carrillo-L?pez, Elhadi M Yahia -- Dietary Fiber and Associated Macromolecular Antioxidants in Fruit and Vegetables / Jara P?rez-Jim?nez, Fulgencio D Saura-Calixto -- Impact of Fruit Dietary Fibers and Polyphenols on Modulation of the Human Gut Microbiota / Ana E Quir?s Sauceda, Ram?n Pacheco-Ordaz, Jes?s Fernando Ayala-Zavala, Adri?n Hern?ndez Mendoza, Aar?n F Gonz?lez-C?rdova, Belinda Vallejo-Galland, Gustavo A Gonz?lez-Aguilar -- Lipids in Fruits and Vegetables / Ramiro Baeza-Jim?nez, Leticia X L?pez-Mart?nez, Rebeca Garc?a-Varela, Hugo S Garc?a -- Vitamin E (Tocopherols and Tocotrienols) in Fruits and Vegetables with Focus on Chemistry and Biological Activities / Ibrahim Elmadfa, Alexa L Meyer -- Plant Vitamin C: One Single Molecule with a Plethora of Roles / Ifigeneia Mellidou, Athanasios Koukounaras, Fani Chatzopoulou, Stefanos Kostas, Angelos K Kanellis -- Capsaicinoids: Occurrence, Chemistry, Biosynthesis, and Biological Effects / Mathias Kaiser, Inocencio Higuera, Francisco M Goycoolea -- Flavors and Aromas: Chemistry and Biological Functions / Charles F Forney, Jun Song -- Recent Advances in Bioactivities of Common Food Biocompounactives / Abdelkarim Gua?daoui -- Biomarkers for the Evaluation of Intake of Phytochemicals and Their Bioactive Effect / Mar?a Tabernero Urbieta, Jos? CE Serrano -- Influence of Postharvest Handling and Processing Technologies, and Analysis of Phytochemicals. Influence of Postharvest Technologies and Handling Practices on Phytochemicals in Fruits and Vegetables / Elhadi M Yahia, Mar?a Serrano, Daniel Valero, Gustavo A Gonz?lez-Aguilar -- Phytochemical Changes during Minimal Processing of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables / Gustavo A Gonz?lez-Aguilar, Jes?s Fernando Ayala-Zavala, Laura A Rosa, Emilio Alvarez-Parrilla, A Thal?a Bernal-Mercado, Cintia Anabela Mazzucotelli -- Conventional and Novel Thermal Processing Used for the Improvement of Bioactive Phytochemicals in Fruits and Vegetables / Sirithon Siriamornpun, Niwat Kaewseejan -- Non-thermal Processing Effects on Fruits and Vegetables Phytonutrients / Noor Akhmazillah Mohd Fauzi, Alifdalino Sulaiman -- Chlorophylls and Colour Changes in Cooked Vegetables / Maria Paciulli, Mariantonella Palermo, Emma Chiavaro, Nicoletta Pellegrini -- Pressurized Fluid Extraction of Phytochemicals from Fruits, Vegetables, Cereals, and Herbs / Marleny DA Salda?a, Idaresit Ekaette, Carla S Valdivieso Ramirez, Jane S dos Reis Coimbra, Lucio Cardozo-Filho -- Supercritical Fluid Extraction of Bioactive Compounds from Fruits and Vegetables / Raghuraj Singh, Tushar Dhanani, Satyanshu Kumar -- The Use of Non-destructive Techniques to Assess the Nutritional Content of Fruits and Vegetables / Maria L Amodio, Muhammad MA Chaudhry, Giancarlo Colelli -- Rapid Estimation of Bioactive Phytochemicals in Vegetables and Fruits Using Near Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy / Satyanshu Kumar, Raghuraj Singh, Tushar Dhanani -- Methods for Determining the Antioxidant Capacity of Food Constituents / Mar?a Janeth Rodr?guez-Roque, Robert Soliva-Fortuny, Olga Mart?n-Belloso -- Enhancement of Phytochemicals Using Next-Generation Technologies for the Production of High Quality Fruits and Vegetables / Bhavneet Kaur, Avtar K Handa, Autar K Mattoo -- Modeling Shelf Life of Packaged, Ready-to-Eat Fruits and Vegetables with Reference to the Fate of Nutritional Compounds / Maria L Amodio, Antonio Derossi, Giancarlo Colelli -- Phytochemicals in Some Fruits and Vegetables. Ackee (Blighia sapida Koenig) / Machel A Emanuel -- Andean Berry (Vaccinium meridionale Swartz) / Mar?a Elena Maldonado Celis, Yuly Nataly Franco Tob?n, Carlos Agudelo, Sandra Sulay Arango, Benjamin Rojano -- Berries / Luca Mazzoni, Jessica Scalzo, Lucia Di Vittori, Bruno Mezzetti, Maurizio Battino -- Bottle Gourd (Lagenaria siceraria) / Debjani Nath, Pratyusha Banerjee, Mithun Shaw, Manas Kumar Mukhopadhyay -- Cacao (Theobroma cacao L.) / Alfonso A Gardea, M?nica L Garc?a-Ba?uelos, J Antonio Orozco-Avitia, Esteban S?nchez-Ch?vez, Bethzabet Sastr?-Flores, Graciela ?vila-Quezada -- Cactus Pear Fruit and Cladodes / Elhadi M Yahia, Carmen S?enz -- Capsicums / Puran Bridgemohan, Majeed Mohammed, Ronell SH Bridgemohan -- Carrots (Daucus carotaL.) / Cielo D Char -- Chayote (Sechium edule (Jacq.) Swartz) / Oscar Andr?s Del ?ngel Coronel, Elizabeth Le?n-Garc?a, Gilber Vela-Guti?rrez, Javier De la Cruz Medina, Rebeca Garc?a-Varela, Hugo S Garc?a -- Cherimoya (Annona cherimola Mill.) / Luis M Anaya-Esparza, Marco V Ram?rez-Marez, Efigenia Montalvo-Gonz?lez, Jorge A S?nchez-Burgos -- Citrus / Ahmed Ait-Oubahou, Mohamed Benichou, Maha Sagar, Amar Kaanane, Elhadi M Yahia -- Dates (Phoenix dactylifera L.) / Elhadi M Yahia, Ahmed Ait-Oubahou, Mohammad Al Abid -- Grapes / Alvaro Pe?a-Neira -- Grape Bagasse: A Potential Source of Phenolic Compounds / Fabiola C Mu?oz-De la Cruz, Frida R Cornejo-Garc?a, Nadia M V?zquez-D?az, Miriam A Anaya-Loyola, Teresa Garc?a-Gasca -- Guava (Psidium guajava) / Francisco J Blancas-Benitez, Gustavo A Gonz?lez-Aguilar, Sonia Guadalupe S?yago-Ayerdi -- Indian Gooseberry (Emblica officinalis Gaertn.) / Sunil Pareek, Alexander N Shikov, Olga N Pozharitskaya, Valery G Makarov, Gustavo A Gonz?lez-Aguilar, Suyare A Ramalho, Narendra Narain -- Loquat (Eriobotrya japonica Lindl.) / Mostafa Z Sultan -- Maqui (Aristotelia chilensis (Mol.) Stuntz) / Carolina Fredes, Paz Robert -- Pecans (Carya illinoinensis) / Jose Alberto Gallegos-Infante, Nuria Elizabeth Rocha-Guzman, Ruben Francisco Gonzalez-Laredo, Martha Rocio Moreno-Jimenez -- Onion (Allium cepa L.) / Sunil Pareek, Narashans Alok Sagar, Sunil Sharma, Vinay Kumar -- Papaya (Carica papaya) / Laura E Gayosso-Garc?a Sancho, Gilber Vela-Guti?rrez, Hugo S Garc?a -- Pineapples (Ananas comosus) / Jorge A S?nchez-Burgos, Mar?a Garc?a-Maga?a -- Pomegranates (Punica granatum L.) / Asghar Ramezanian, Mustafa Erkan -- Potato and Other Root Crops / Anne Pihlanto -- Prunus / Francisco J Luna-V?zquez, C?sar Ibarra-Alvarado, Alejandra Rojas-Molina, Juana I Rojas-Molina, Moustapha Bah -- Rambutan (Nephelium lappaceum L.) / Muhammad Tayyab Akhtar, Siti Nazirah Ismail, Khozirah Shaari -- Rose Apple (Syzygium jambos (L.) Alston) / Manjeshwar Shrinath Baliga, Karkala Shreedhara Ranganath Pai, Elroy Saldanha, Vikram Singh Ratnu, Rashmi Priya, Mohammed Adnan, Taresh S Naik -- Soursop (Annona muricata) / Ana V Coria-T?llez, Efigenia Montalvo-Gonz?lez, Eva N Obledo-V?zquez -- Sugar Apple (Annona squamosa) /Andr?s E Le?n-Fern?ndez, Efigenia Montalvo-Gonz?lez -- Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) / Elizabeth Le?n-Garc?a, Oscar Andr?s Del ?ngel Coronel, Gilber Vela-Guti?rrez, Javier De la Cruz Medina, Hugo S Garc?a -- Wild and Cultivated Mushrooms / Pirjo H Mattila, Pertti Marnila, Anne Pihlanto -- Phytochemicals in Organic and Conventional Fruits and Vegetables / Giuseppina Pace Pereira Lima, Cristine Vanz Borges, Fabio Vianello, Luis Cisneros-Zevallos, Igor Otavio Minatel -- Recent Advances in Phytochemicals in Fruits and Vegetables / Fereidoon Shahidi, Priyatharini Ambigaipalan, Anoma Chandrasekara.