section I. Plant peptides / Yoshikatsu Matsubayashi -- section II. Bacterial/antibiotic peptides / Robert E.W. Hancock -- section III. Fungal peptides / Tzi Bun Ng -- section IV. Invertebrate peptides / Ronald J. Nachman -- section V. Amphibian/skin peptides / J. Michael Conlon -- section VI. Venom peptides / Jean-Marc Sabatier -- section VII. Cancer/anticancer peptides / Terry Moody -- section VIII. Vaccine peptides / Pravin T.P. Kaumaya -- section IX. Immune/inflammatory peptides / Joost Oppenheim -- section X. Brain peptides / Hubert Vaudry -- section XI. Edocrine peptides / Ludwik Malendowicz -- section XII. Ingestive peptides / Stephen C. Woods -- section XIII. Gastrointestinal peptides / Yvette Taché -- section XIV. Cardiovascular peptides / Kazuhiro Takahashi -- section XV. Renal peptides / Willis K. Samson -- section XVI. Respiratory peptides / Sami Said -- section XVII. Opiate peptides / Fred Nyberg -- section XVIII. Neurotrophic peptides / Illana Gozes -- section XIX. Blood-brain peptides / Weihong Pan -- section XX. Peptide biosynthesis/processing / Naoto Minamino -- section XXI. General peptide topics / Abba J. Kastin.