There is interest in incorporating lycopene into foods as it is a natural pigment and can also play a role in preventing disease

Hydrophilic phenols are key factors for virgin olive oil quality

Evaluation of quality of science performed within the Chemistry Departments at Dutch universities in the period 2001–2009

New evidence that caffeine is a healthful antioxidant; shedding light on how caffeine interacts with free radicals

Fungi that invade crops for food and biomass production have been genetically sequenced to reveal how they attack

How does garlic destroy bacteria?

How can a tiny molecule like ethanol be at the root of so much human misery?

Everything is back-to-front when an accident in Wonderlab turns Sophie into the safety monitor

Maria Gavrilescu is professor at the Gheorghe Asachi Technical Universiry, Iasi, Romania, and author of highly cited review articles

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