<p>Dedication </p> <p>Preface</p> <p>Foreword by Professor Jonathon Powell</p> <p>Part 1: General Aspects of Beer and Constituents</p> <U> <p>(i) Beer Making, Hops and Yeast</p></U> <ol> <p> <li>Overview of Manufacturing Beer: Ingredients, Processes and Quality Criteria</li> <p>Sascha Wunderlich and Werner Back</p> <p> <li>NON Lager Beer </li> <p>Andrea Pavsler and Stefano Buiatti</p> <p> <li>Lager Beer </li> <p>Andrea Pavsler and Stefano Buiatti</p> <p> <li>Traditional and Modern Japanese Beers: Methods of Production and Composition</li> <p>Masato Kawasaki and Shuso Sakuma</p> <p> <li>Sorghum Beer: Fabrication, Nutritional Value and Impact Upon Human Health</li> <p>Maoura Nanadoum and Jacques Pourquie</p> <p> <li>Production of Alcohol-free Beer</li> <p>Luigi Montanari, Ombretta Marconi, Heidi Mayer, and Paolo Fantozzi</p> <p> <li>Yeast Diversity in the Brewing Industry</li> <p>Linda Hellborg and Jure Piskur</p> <p> <li>The Brewer’s Yeast Genome: From its Origins to our Current Knowledge</li> <p>Sandra Rainieri</p> <p> <li>Flocculation in Saccharomyces Cerevisiae</li> <p>Eduardo V. Soares</p> <p> <li>Use of Amylolytic Enzymes in Brewing</li> <p>N.P. Guerra, A. Torrado-Agrasar, C. López-Macías, E. Martínez-Carballo, S. García-Falcón, J. Simal-Gándara, and L.M. Pastrana-Castro</p> <U> <p>(ii) Beer Drinking</p></U> <p> <li>Trends of Beer Drinking in Europe</li> <p>Pedro Marques-Vidal</p> <p> <li>Trends in Beer Drinking: Rest of the World</li> <p>Qiao Qiao Chen and Pedro Marques-Vidal</p> <p> <li>Beer Consumption Patterns in Northern Ireland</li> <p>Adele Mc Kinney and Kieran Coyle</p> <p> <li>Beer Consumption in Teenagers in Brazzaville (Congo)</li> <p>Jean Robert Mabiala Babela, Alphonse Massamba, Senga Prosper, and Rajaventhan Srirajaskanthan</p> <p> <li>Personality Characteristics Associated with Drinking and Beverage Preference</li> <p>Colin R. Martin</p> <p> <li>Beer and Current Mood State</li> <p>Ralf Demmel and Jennifer Nicolai</p> <p> <li>Female Beer Drinking and the Morning After</li> <p>L. Darren Kruisselbrink and René J.L. Murphy</p> <p> <li>Beer Consumption During Pregnancy</li> <p>Brittany B. Rayburn and William F. Rayburn</p> <p> <li>Beer and other Alcoholic Beverages: Implications for Dependence, Craving and Relapse</li> <p>Thomas Hillemacher and Stefan Bleich</p> <U> <p>(iii) Beer Composition and Properties</p></U> <p> <li>Beer Composition: An Overview</li> <p>Stefano Buiatti</p> <p> <li>Identification of Taste and Aroma-Active Components of Beer</li> <p>Paul Hughes</p> <p> <li>Hop Essential Oil: Analysis, Chemical Composition and Odor Characteristics</li> <p>Graham Eyres and Jean-Pierre Dufour*</p> <p> <li>Ethanol Content of Beer Sold in the US: Variation Over Time, Across States and by Individual Drinks</li> <p>William C. Kerr</p> <p> <li>Soluble Proteins of Beer</li> <p>Marion Didier and Bakan Bénédicte</p> <p> <li>Amino Acids in Beer</li> <p>Marta Fontana and Stefano Buiatti</p> <p> <li>Purines in Beer</li> <p>Tetsuya Yamamoto and Yuji Moriwaki</p> <p> <li>Beer Carbohydrates</li> <p>Isabel M.P.L.V.O. Ferreira</p> <p> <li>Dietary Fiber in Beer: Content, Composition, Colonic Fermentability and<br>Contribution to the Diet</li> <ol> <ol> <p> <li>Goñi, M.E. Díaz-Rubio, F. Saura-Calixto</li> </ol></ol> <p> <li>Beer and Arabinoxylan</li> <p>Glen P. Fox</p> <p> <li>Histamine in Beer</li> <p>Susanne Diel, Maria Herwald, Hannelore Borck, and Friedhelm Diel</p> <p> <li>Terpenoids in Beer</li> <p>J. Richard Dickinson</p> <p> <li>Proanthocyanidins in Hops</li> <p>Hui-Jing Li and Max L. Deinzer</p> <p> <li>Metals in Beer</li> <p>Pawel Pohl</p> <p> <li>Minerals in Beer</li> <p>Luigi Montanari, Heidi Mayer, Ombretta Marconi, and Paolo Fantozzi</p> <p> <li>Silicon in Beer: Origin and Concentration</li> <p>Caroline Walker, Gary Freeman, Ravin Jugdaohsingh, and Jonathan J. Powell</p> <U> <p>(iv) Beer Stability and Spoilage</p></U> <p> <li>The Chemistry of Ageing Beer</li> <p>D.P. De Schutter, D. Saison, F. Delvaux, G. Derdelinckx, F.R. Delvaux</p> <p> <li>Trans-2-nonenal During Model Mashing</li> <p>José da Cruz Francisco and Estera Szwajcer Dey</p> <p> <li>E-2-nonenal and Beta-damascenone in Beer</li> <p>José Rodrigues and Paulo Almeida</p> <p> <li>Pathogens in Beer</li> <p>Garry Menz, Peter Aldred, and Frank Vriesekoop</p> <p> <li>Fate of Pesticide Residues in Brewing</li> <p>Simón Navarro and Nuria Vela</p> <p>Part 2: General Effects on Metabolism and Body Systems</p> <U> <p>(i) General Metabolism and Organ Systems</p></U> <p> <li>Ethanol in Beer: Production, Absorption and Metabolism</li> <p>Rajkumar Rajendram and Victor R. Preedy</p> <p> <li>What Contribution is Beer to the Intake of Antioxidants in Diet?</li> <p>Fulgencio Saura-Calixto, José Serrano, and Jara Pérez-Jiménez</p> <p> <li>Antioxidant Activity of Beer’s Maillard Reaction Products: Features and Health Aspects</li> <p>Franco Tubaro</p> <p> <li>Beer Affects Oxidative Stress Due to Ethanol: A Preclinical and Clinical Study</li> <p>Giovanni Addolorato, Lorenzo Leggio, Anna Ferrulli, Giovanni Gasbarrini, Antonio Gasbarrini, and Alcohol Related Diseases Study Group</p> <p> <li>Antioxidant Capacity of Hops</li> <p>C. Proestos and M. Komaitis</p> <p> <li>The Antioxidant Capacities of Beers: Relationship between Assays of Antioxidant Capacity, Colour and other Alcoholic and Non-Alcoholic Beverages</li> <p>Justin A. Fegredo, Rachel Meynell, Alan K.H. Lai, Max C.Y. Wong, Colin R. Martin, Helen Wiseman, Victor R. Preedy</p> <p> <li>Biological Properties of Beer and its Components Compared to Wine</li> <p>Giuseppe Iacomino, Idolo Tedesco, and Gian Luigi Russo</p> <p> <li>The Absorption and Metabolism of Phenolic Acids from Beer in Man</li> <p>Mirella Nardini, Fausta Natella, Andrea Ghiselli, and Cristina Scaccini</p> <p> <li>Caloric Compensation in Response to Beer Consumption</li> <p>Neil E. Rowland</p> <p> <li>Beer and Adiposity</li> <p>S. Goya Wannamethee</p> <p> <li>The Relationship between Exercise and Beer Ingestion in Regards to Metabolism</li> <p>Tetsuya Yamamoto and Yuji Moriwaki</p> <p> <li>Estrogenicity of Beer: The Role of Intestinal Bacteria in the Activation of Beer Flavonoid</li> <p>Sam Possemiers, Willy Verstraete, and Tom Van de Wiele</p> <p> <li>Effects of Beer Ingestion on Body Purine Bases</li> <p>Yuji Moriwaki and Tetsuya Yamamoto</p> <p> <li>Neuropharmaological Activity of Humulus Lupulus L</li> <p>Paola Zanoli and Manuela Zavatti</p> <p> <li>Beer: Effects on Saliva Secretion and Composition</li> <p>H.S. Brand, M.L. Bruins, E.C.I. Veerman, and A.V. Nieuw Amerongen</p> <p> <li>Beer and Coeliac Disease</li> <p>Glen P. Fox</p> <p> <li>The Effect of Beer and other Alcoholic Beverages on the Esophagus with Special Reference to Gastroesophageal Reflux</li> <p>H. Seidl and C. Pehl</p> <p> <li>Effects of Beer on the Gastric Mucosa as Determined by Endoscopy</li> <p>Andreas Franke and Manfred V. Singer</p> <p> <li>The Effect of Beer and its Non-alcoholic Ingredients on Secretory and Motoric Function of the Stomach</li> <p>Andreas Franke and Manfred V. Singer</p> <p> <li>The Effect of Beer and its Non-alcoholic Constituents on the Exocrine and Endocrine Pancreas as well as on Gastrointestinal Hormones</li> <p>Peter Feick, Andreas Gerloff, and Manfred V. Singer</p> <p> <li>Beer and the Liver</li> <p>Rajaventhan SriRajaskanthan and Victor R. Preedy</p> <U> <p>(ii) Cardiovascular and Cancer</p></U> <p> <li>Beer Consumption and Homocysteine</li> <p>D.A. De Luis and R. Aller</p> <p> <li>Alcohol, Beer and Ischemic Stroke</li> <p>Kenneth Mukamal</p> <p> <li>Beer: Is it Alcohol, Antioxidants, or both? Animal Models of Atherosclerosis</li> <p>Joe A. Vinson</p> <p> <li>Beer Inhibition of Heterocyclic Amines-induced Carcinogenesis</li> <p>Hajime Nozawa and Keiji Kondo</p> <p> <li>Maize Beer and Carcinogenesis</li> <p>Zodwa Dlamini, Zukile Mbita, and Lindiwe Skhosana</p> <p> <li>The Relationship between Beer Consumption and Lung Cancer</li> <p>Douglas E. Paull and Alex G. Little</p> <p> <li>Phenolic Beer Compounds to Prevent Cancer</li> <p>Clarissa Gerhäuser</p> <p> <li>Beer Inhibition of Azoxymethane-induced Colonic Carcinogenesis</li> <p>Hajime Nozawa and Keiji Kondo</p> <p>Part 3: Specific Effects of Selective Beer Related Components</p> <U> <p>(i) General Metabolism and Organ Systems</p></U> <p> <li>Biological Activities of Humulone</li> <p>Hiroyasu Tobe</p> <p> <li>Desmethylxanthohumol from Hops, Chemistry and Biological Effects</li> <p>Reinhard A. Diller, Herbert M. Riepl, Oliver Rose, Corazon Frias, Günter Henze, and Aram Prokop</p> <p> <li>Reproductive and Estrogenic Effects of 8-prenylnaringenin in Hops</li> <p>Stuart R. Milligan</p> <p> <li>Regulation of Gene Expression by Hop-derived 8-prenylnaringenin</li> <p>Oliver Zierau and Günter Vollmer</p> <p> <li>Hop-derived Phytoestrogens Alter Osteoblastic Phenotype and Gene Expression</li> <p>Katharina E. Effenberger and Johannes Westendorf</p> <p> <li>Antimalarials from Prenylated Chalcone Derivatives of Hops</li> <p>Sonja Frölich, Carola Schubert, and Kristina Jenett-Siems</p> <p> <li>Acylphloroglucinol Derivatives from Hops as Anti-inflammatory Agents</li> <p>Hans Becker, Clarissa Gerhäuser, and Gregor Bohr</p> <p> <li>Hops derived Inhibitors of Nitric Oxide</li> <p>Hajime Nozawa, Feng Zhao, and Keiji Kondo</p> <p> <li>Non-specific Hydroxyl Radical Scavenging Properties of Melanoidins from Beer</li> <p>Francisco J. Morales</p> <p> <li>Anti-obesity Effects of Dietary Isomerized Hop Extract Containing Isohumulones Generated via Peroxisome Proliferators-activated Receptors</li> </ol> <p>Hiroaki Yajima</p> <p>80. Moderate Beer Consumption: Effects on Silcon Intake and Bone Health</p> <p>Ravin Jugdaohsingh and Jonathan J. Powell</p> <p>81. Biolabelling of Xanthohumol in Hop Cones (Humulus Lupulus L., Cannabaceae) with Stable and Radioactive Precursors for Biosynthetic and Metabolic Studies</p> <p>Hans Becker, Stefanie Berwanger, and Norbert Frank</p> <U> <p>(ii) Cardiovascular and Cancer</p></U> <p>82. Epicatechin and its Role in Protection of LDL and of Vascular Endothelium</p> <p>Tankred Schewe and Helmut Sies</p> <p>83. Isohumulones from Beer Modulate Blood Lipid Status</p> <p>Aruto Yoshida</p> <p>84. Flavonoids in Beer and their Potential Benefit on the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease</p> <p>Chung-Yen Chen and Jeffrey B. Blumberg</p> <p>85. Vasoactivity of Flavonols, Flavones and Catechins</p> <p>Owen L. Woodman</p> <p>86. The Anti-invasive and Proapoptotic Effect of Xanthohumol: Potential use in Cancer</p> <p>Barbara Vanhoecke, Jerina Boelens, Sofie Lust, Fritz Offner, and Marc Bracke</p> <p>87. Anti-cancer Property of Epicatechin Gallate in Colon Cancer Cells</p> <p>Seung Joon Baek and Seong-Ho Lee</p> <p>88. Use of Quercetin in Prostate Cancer Cells</p> <p>Charles Y.F. Young</p> <p>89. Beer and Prevention of Heterocyclic Amine-induced DNA Adducts and O6-methlyguanine</p> <p>Sakae Arimoto-Kobayashi</p> <p>90. Techniques for Assessing Anti-cancer Effects of Beer</p> <p>Clarissa Gerhäuser</p> <p>Part 4: Assay Methods and Techniques Used for Investigating Beer and Related Compounds</p> <p>91. The Evaluation of Beer Ageing</p> <p>María Purificación Hernández-Artiga and Dolores Bellido Milla</p> <p>92. Use of Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry to Fingerprint Beer</p> <p>Rodrigo R. Catharino, Alexandra C.H.F. Sawaya, and Marcos N. Eberlin</p> <p>93. Methods for the Characterization of Beer by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)</p> <p>A.M. Gil and J. Rodrigues</p> <p>94. Methods for the Vibrational Spectroscopy Analysis of Beer</p> <p>Salvador Garrigues and Miguel de la Guardia</p> <p>95. Fluorecence Methods for the Analysis of Beer</p> <p>Ewa Sikorska, Igor Khmelinskii, and Marek Sikorski</p> <p>96. Capillary Electrophoresis Methods used for Beer Analysis</p> <p>Antonio Segura-Carretero, Sonia Cortacero-Ramírez, and Alberto Fernández-Gutiérrez</p> <p>97. Manual and Robotic Methods for Measuring the Total Antioxidant Capacity of Beers</p> <p>Justin A. Fegredo, Max C.Y. Wong, Helen Wiseman, and Victor R. Preedy</p> <p>98. Methods for the HPLC Analysis of Phenolic Compounds and Flavonoids of Beer</p> <p>Pavel Jandera</p> <p>99. Methods for the Assay of Iso-alpha-acids and Reduced iso-alpha-acids in Beer</p> <p>Gerd Vanhoenacker and Pat Sandra</p> <p>100. Methods for Determining Biogenic Amines in Beer</p> <p>Anastasia Zotou and Zacharenia Loukou</p> <p>101. Beer and ESR Spin Trapping</p> <p>Kevin Huvaere and Mogens L. Anderson</p> <p>102. Method for Determining Ethanol in Beer</p> <p>Domenica Tonelli</p> <p>103. Quantification of Beer Carbohydrates by HPLC </p> <p>Isabel M.P.L.V.O. Ferreira</p>