Ferulate 08
An International Conference on Hydroxycinnamates and Related Plant Phenolics
August 25-27, 2008, Minneapolis/St. Paul, USA

Last minute posters are welcome. The deadline for last-minute poster contributions is 01 August 2008.

Hydroxycinnamates such as ferulic acid, p-coumaric acid, sinapic acid, caffeic acid and their manifold derivatives such as chlorogenic acids were already a focus in 1998 when the first Ferulate conference was held in Norwich/UK. Hydroxycinnamates and related plant phenolics fulfill a broad range of physiological roles in the plant but they are also of huge interest as potential bioactive compounds in our diets, as factors influencing food processing, as flavor pre-cursors, as factors limiting forage digestibility and biofuel production etc.

Ferulate 08 aims to provide a 10-year update but also aims to broaden the focus on phenolic compounds that are related to hydroxycinnamates. In eight different sessions we will highlight:

- hydroxycinnamic acids
- hydroxycinnamaldehydes
- hydroxycinnamyl alcohols
- phenylacetic acids
- benzoic acids
- their linkages, derivatives, oligomers and polymers.

Our sessions are planned to give insights into the multifaceted roles of hydroxycinnamates and related plant phenolics in the following fields:

- general and analytical chemistry
- synthesis and role in plant structure
- human nutrition
- behavior of phenolic acids in food and non food-processing
- flavor development
- animal feed and biofuels
- enzymology
- general aspects