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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 45. Chapters: Carotenoids, Natural polyphenols, Carotene, Lycopene, Leghemoglobin, Phenolic compounds in wine, Astaxanthin, Beta-Carotene, Lutein, Allicin, Polyphenol antioxidant, Beta-Sitosterol, Tretinoin, List of phytochemicals in food, Dictionary of natural phenols and polyphenols molecular formulas, Phytosterol, Allixin, Phenolic compounds in tea, Kairomone, Zeaxanthin, Phytoalexin, Canthaxanthin, Phytoene, Capsidiol, Xanthophyll, Phytofluene, Carotenoid oxygenase, Cryptoxanthin, Staphyloxanthin, Crocin, Isothiocyanate, Fucoxanthin, Miroestrol, Crocetin, Oleocanthal, Phytoncide, Phytoecdysteroid, Withanolide, Alpha-Carotene, Allomone, Alpinetin, Yuremamine, Peridinin, Lagochilin, Damascenone, Prephytoene diphosphate, Iridoid, Calphostin, Calphostin C, Myrcenol, Delta-Carotene, Damascone, Pelretin, Torulene, Citranaxanthin, Violaxanthin, Flavoxanthin, Rhodoxanthin, Rubixanthin, Colorless carotenoids, Polyphenon, Catechol melanin, Hematochrome, Chromoprotein, Crt. Excerpt: Polyphenols (noun, pronunciation of the singular /p li'fin l/ or /p li'f n l/) are a structural class of natural, synthetic, and semisynthetic organic chemicals characterized by the presence of large multiples of phenol units (right). The number and characteristics of these phenol substructures underlie the unique physical, chemical, and biological (metabolic, toxic, therapeutic, etc.) properties of particular members of the class. The term polyphenol derives from poly-, from the ancient Greek word (polus, meaning "many, much") and the word phenol which refers to a chemical structure/substructure formed by attaching to an aromatic phenyl or benzenoid ring an alcohol-type hydroxyl (-OH) group (giving rise to the "-ol" suffix). The term "polyphenol" has been in use since 1894. The most research-informed and chemistry-aware definition of the polyphenol te...
