ch. 1. Anthocyanins in health and disease prevention / Maria Fernanda Nunez and Bernadene A. Magnuson -- ch. 2. Basic anthocyanin chemistry and dietary sources -- ch. 3. Bioavailability and bioabsorption of anthocyanins / Tony K. McGhie and David E. Stevenson -- ch. 4. Analysis of anthocyanins in biological samples / Pu Jing and M. Monica Giusti -- ch. 5. Antioxidant activities of anthocyanins / Xianli Wu -- ch. 6. Anthocyanins in cardiovascular disease prevention / Taylor C. Wallace -- ch. 7. Anthocyanins and metabolic syndrome / Diana E. Roopchand, Leonel E. Rojo, David Ribnicky, and Ilya Raskin -- ch. 8. Anthocyanins, anthocyanin derivatives, and colorectal cancer / Li-Shu Wang, Chieh-Ti Kuo, Dan Peiffer, Claire Seguin, Kristen Stoner, Yi-Wen Huang, Tim H.-M. Huang, Nita Salzman, Zhongfa Liu, Daniel Rosenberg, Guang-Yu Yang, Wencai Yang, Xiuli Bi, Steven Carmella, Stephen Hecht, and Gary Stoner -- ch. 9. Anthocyanins in visual performance and ocular diseases / Francois Tremblay and Wilhelmina Kalt -- ch. 10. Effects of anthocyanins on neuronal and cognitive brain functions / Erika K. Ross, Aimee N. Winter, and Daniel A. Linseman -- ch. 11. Role of anthocyanins in skin aging and UV-induced skin damage / Leonel E. Rojo, Diana E. Roopchand, Brittany Graf, Diana M. Cheng, David Ribnicky, Bertold Fridlender, and Ilya Raskin -- ch. 12. Anthocyanins, innate immunity, and exercise / Suzanne Maria Hurst and Roger Donald Hurst.