Edwin Haslam
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Edwin Haslam is a physical organic chemist and an author of books on polyphenol
s. He is an alumnus of Sir John Deane's College
in Northwich, Cheshire, United Kingdom.
Haslam proposed a first comprehensive definition of plant polyphenols based on the earlier proposals of Bate-Smith
, Swain and White, which includes specific structural characteristics common to all phenolics having a tanning property. It is referred to as the White–Bate-Smith–Swain–Haslam (WBSSH) definition.
Polyphenol
Polyphenols are a structural class of natural, synthetic, and semisynthetic organic chemicals characterized by the presence of large multiples of phenol structural units...
s. He is an alumnus of Sir John Deane's College
Sir John Deane's College
Sir John Deane's College is a sixth form college in Northwich, Cheshire, UK. It was formerly Sir John Deane's Grammar School, which was founded in 1557.-History:...
in Northwich, Cheshire, United Kingdom.
Haslam proposed a first comprehensive definition of plant polyphenols based on the earlier proposals of Bate-Smith
Edgar Charles Bate-Smith
Edgar Charles Bate-Smith was an English chemist and phytochemist specialising in food chemistry. He worked in the Low Temperature Research Station in Cambridge where his main fields of research were meat and polyphenols....
, Swain and White, which includes specific structural characteristics common to all phenolics having a tanning property. It is referred to as the White–Bate-Smith–Swain–Haslam (WBSSH) definition.
Works
- Chemistry of vegetable tannins, 1 edition - first published in 1966
- The shikimate pathway, 2 editions - first published in 1974
- Metabolites and metabolism, 1 edition - first published in 1985
- Plant polyphenols: vegetable tannins revisited, 1 edition - first published in 1989 ISBN 0-521-32189-1
- Shikimic acid, 1 edition - first published in 1993
- Practical Polyphenolics, 2 editions - first published in 1998, ISBN 05-521-46513-3