Functionality of Food Phytochemicals

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Contains papers from an August 1996 meeting of the Phytochemical Society of North America, held in New Orleans, Louisiana. Highlights new research in food phytochemicals as health promoters and chemopreventive agents, nutrient and toxicological aspects of food plants, indigenous root and tuber crops

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Peeling the Onion; E. Block, et al. Health Promoting Phytochemicals in Citrus Fruit and Juice Products; A. Montanari, et al. Chemopreventive Agents in Foods; B. Stavric. Constituents of Wild Food Plants; A. Sotelo. Biology and Biochemistry of Underground Plant Storage Organs; H.E. Flores, T. Flores. Behavioral Determinants for the Ingestion of Food Phytochemicals; T. Johns. Phytochemicals and Wine Flavor; S.E. Ebeler. Food Colorants from Plant Cell Cultures; F. Cormier. Transgenic Manipulation of Edible Oilseeds; T. Voelker. Quantitative Microscopic Approaches to Carbohydrate Characterization and Distribution in Cereal Grains; R.G. Fulcher, et al. Index.