Content: 1. Fruits and vegetables -- 2. Teas, spices, and herbs. v. 1. [no. 546] Cancer chemoprevention by phytochemicals in fruits and vegetables : an overview / Mou-Tuan Huang, Thomas Ferraro, and Chi-Tang Ho -- Effects of food phytochemicals on xenobiotic metabolism and tumorigenesis / Theresa J. Smith and Chung S. Yang -- Micronutrients in cancer prevention / Paul A. Lachance -- Antimutagen and anticarcinogen research in Japan / Mitsuo Namiki -- Flavorants from garlic, onion, and other alliums and their cancer-preventive properties / Eric Block -- Inhibition of chemical toxicity and carcinogenesis by diallyl sulfide and diallyl sulfone / J-Y. Hong, M.C. Lin, Zhi Yuan Wang, E-J. Wang, and Chung S. Yang -- Breath analysis of garlic-borne phytochemicals in human subjects : combined adsorbent trapping and short-path thermal desorption gas chromatography-mass spectrometry / Reginald Ruiz, Thomas G. Hartman, Karl Karmas, Joseph Lech, and Robert T. Rosen -- Sulfur chemistry of onions and inhibitory factors of the arachidonic acid cascade / Shunro Kawakishi and Y. Morimitsu -- Vinyldithiins in garlic and Japanese domestic Allium (A. victorialis) / H. Nishimura and T. Ariga -- Thermal decomposition of alliin, the major flavor component of garlic, in an aqueous solution / Tung-Hsi Yu, Chi-Kuen Shu, and Chi-Tang Ho -- Chemoprotection by l,2-dithiole-3-thiones / T.W. Kensler, J.D. Groopman, B.D. Roebuck, and T.J. Curphey -- Chemoprevention of colon cancer by thiol and other organosulfur compounds / Bandaru S. Reddy and Chinthalapally V. Rao -- Inhibition of esophageal tumorigenesis by phenethyl isothiocyanate / G.D. Stoner, A.J. Galati, C.J. Schmidt, and M.A. Morse -- High-performance liquid chromatographic determination of glucosinolates in brassica vegetables / J.M. Betz and W.D. Fox -- Biochemistry of citrus limonoids and their anticarcinogenic activity / Shin Hasegawa, Masaki Miyake, and Yoshihiko Ozaki -- Inhibition of chemically induced carcinogenesis by citrus limonoids / Luke K.T. Lam, Jilun Zhang, Shin Hasegawa, and Herman A.J. Schut -- Inhibition of oral carcinogenesis by green coffee beans and limonoid glucosides / E.G. Miller, A.P. Gonzales-Sanders, A.M. Couvillon, J.M. Wright, Shin Hasegawa, Luke K.T. Lam, and G.I. Sunahara -- Stimulation of glutathione S-transferase and inhibition of carcinogenesis in mice by celery seed oil constituents / G.-Q. Zheng, Jilun Zhang, P.M. Kenney, and Luke K.T. Lam -- Citrus juice flavonoids with anticarcinogenic and antitumor properties / John A. Attaway -- Determination of free and glycosidically bound organic compounds in an umbelliferous vegetable drink / Robert T. Rosen, Tarik H. Roshdy, Thomas G. Hartman, and Chi-Tang Ho -- Effects of consumption of an umbelliferous vegetable beverage on constituents in human sera / H.E. Sauberlich, D.S. Weinberg, L.E. Freeberg, W.-Y. Juan, T.R. Sullivan, T. Tamura, and C.B. Craig -- Chlorophyllin : an antigenotoxic agent / T. Ong, H.E. Brockman, and W-Z. Whong -- Dietary cytochrome P-450 modifiers in the control of estrogen metabolism / Jon J. Michnovicz and H. Leon Bradlow -- Comparative study of ellagic acid and its analogues as chemopreventive agents against lung tumorigenesis / Andre Castonguay, Mohamed Boukharta, and Guylaine Jalbert -- Antitumor-promoting effects of gallotannins, ellagitannins, and flavonoids in mouse skin in vivo / J.P. Perchellet, H.U. Gali, E.M. Perchellet, P.E. Laks, V. Bottari, R.W. Hemingway, and A. Scalbert -- Soybean saponin and isoflavonoids : structure and antiviral activity against human immunodeficiency virus in vitro / Kazuyoshi Okubo, Shigemitsu Kudou, Teiji Uchida, Yumiko Yoshiki, Masaki Yoshikoshi, and Masahide Tonomura -- Structural elucidation and physiological properties of genuine soybean saponins / Shigemitsu Kudou, Masahide Tonomura, Chigen Tsukamoto, Teiji Uchida, Masaki Yoshikoshi, and Kazuyoshi Okubo -- Fermentation-derived anticarcinogenic flavor compound / Michael W. Pariza -- Antioxidative activity of fermented soybean products / H. Esaki, H. Onozaki, and Toshihiko Osawa -- Chemopreventive phytochemicals in soy and licorice diets affecting key rat enzyme systems / T.E. Webb, P.C. Stromberg, H. Abou-Issa, M. Moeschberger, H.F. Pierson, and R.W. Curley, Jr. -- Genetic improvement of saponin components in soybean / Chigen Tsukamoto, Akio Kikuchi, Shigemitsu Kudou, Kyuya Harada, Tsutomu Iwasaki, and Kazuyoshi Okubo -- The second golden age of nutrition : phytochemicals and disease prevention / Mark Messina and Virginia Messina -- Synthesis of L-ascorbic acid and its 2-phosphate and 2-sulfate esters and its role in the browning of orange juice concentrate / Eldon C.H. Lee -- Metabolic pathway for [beta]-carotene biosynthesis : similarities in the plant and animal / A.M. Gawienowski. v. 2. [no. 547] Phytochemicals in teas and rosemary and their cancer-preventive properties / Chi-Tang Ho, Thomas Ferraro, Qinyun Chen, Robert T. Rosen, and Mou-Tuan Huang -- Inactivation of oxygen radicals by dietary phenolic compounds in anticarcinogenesis / Michael G. Simic and Slobodan V. Jovanovic -- Prophylactic functions of tea polyphenols / Yukihiko Hara -- Preventive effect of green tea polyphenols on colon carcinogenesis / Mujo Kim, Nobuyuki Hagiwara, S.J. Smith, Takehiko Yamamoto, Tetsuro Yamane, and Toshio Takahashi -- Tea polyphenols as a novel class of inhibitors for human immunodeficiency virus reverse transcriptase / Hideo Nakane, Yukihiko Hara, and Katsuhiko Ono -- Mitogenic activity of ( -- )-epigallocatechin gallate on B cells and its structure-function relationship / Z.-Q. Hu, M. Toda, S. Okubo, and Tadakatsu Shimamura -- Suppression of the formation of advanced glycosylation products by tea extracts / N. Kinae, K. Shimoi, S. Masumori, M. Harusawa, and M. Furugori -- Effects of tea polyphenols on blood rheology in rats fed a high-fat diet / F. Nanjo, Yukihiko Hara, and Y. Kikuchi -- Inhibition of saccharide digestive enzymes by tea polyphenols / M. Honda, F. Nanjo, and Yukihiko Hara -- Interactions of green tea catechin with polyamides / H. Li, C. Fisher, R.W. Keown, and C.P. Malone -- Inhibition of influenza virus infection by tea polyphenols / Tadakatsu Shimamura -- Inhibitory effect of rooibos tea (Aspalathus linearis) on the induction of chromosome aberrations in vivo and in vitro / K. Shimoi, Y. Hokabe, Y.F. Sasaki, H. Yamada, K. Kator, and N. Kinae -- Prevention of cancer by agents that suppress production of oxidants / W. Troll, J.S. Lim, and K. Frenkel -- Cancer chemoprevention by antioxidants / Masao Hirose, Katsumi Imaida, Seiko Tamano, and Nobuyuki Ito -- Chemistry and antioxidative effects of phenolic compounds from licorice, tea, and composite and labiate herbs / Takuo Okuda, Takashi Yoshida, and Tsutomu Hatano -- Chemistry of antioxidants from Labiatae herbs / Nobuji Nakatani -- Flavonoid with strong antioxidative activity isolated from young green barley leaves / Takayuki Shibamoto, Yoshihide Hagiwara, Hideaki Hagiwara, and Toshihiko Osawa -- Antioxidative compounds from marine organisms / K. Sakata, K. Yamamoto, and N. Watanabe -- Chemistry and antioxidative mechanisms of [beta]-diketones / Toshihiko Osawa, Y. Sugiyama, M. Inayoshi, and Shunro Kawakishi -- Molecular mechanism of action of curcumin : inhibition of 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate-induced responses associated with tumor promotion / J.K. Lin, T.S. Huang, C.A. Shih, and J.Y. Liu -- Formation and reactivity of free radicals in curcuminoids : an electron paramagnetic resonance study / K.M. Schaich, C. Fisher, and R. King -- Anti-inflammatory and cancer-preventive immunomodulation through diet : effects of curcumin on T lymphocytes / Marion Man-Ying Chan and Dunne Fong -- Analysis of curcuminoids by high-performance liquid chromatography / Thomas H. Cooper, Joseph G. Clark, and James A. Guzinski -- Structure of antioxidative compounds in ginger / Hiroe Kikuzaki, Yoko Kawasaki, and Nobuji Nakatani -- Chemistry of ginger components and inhibitory factors of the arachidonic acid cascade / Shunro Kawakishi, Y. Morimitsu, and Toshihiko Osawa -- Antitumor promoters from edible plants / H. Ohigashi, A. Murakami, and K. Koshimizu -- Chemistry of lignan antioxidants in sesame seed and oil / Y. Fukuda, Toshihiko Osawa, Shunro Kawakishi, and M. Namiki -- Chemistry and antioxidative activity of lignan glucosides in sesame seed / Hirotaka Katsuzaki, Toshihiko Osawa, and Shunro Kawakishi -- Antioxidative and anticancer components produced by cell culture of sesame / A. Mimura, K. Takebayashi, M. Niwano, Y. Takahara, Toshihiko Osawa, and H. Tokuda -- Development of stability-indicating analytical methods for flaxseed lignans and their precursors / R.K. Harris, J. Greaves, D. Alexander, T. Wilson, and W.J. Haggerty -- Antitumor-promoting and anti-inflammatory activities of licorice principles and their modified compounds / Shoji Shibata -- Biological activities, production, and use of chemical constituents of licorice / Kenji Mizutani -- Anticarcinogenesis of licorice and its major triterpenoid constituents / Zhi Yuan Wang -- Ginseng and its congeners : traditional Oriental food drugs / Osamu Tanaka -- Natural products and biological activities of the Chinese medicinal fungus Ganoderma lucidum / Ming-Shi Shiao, Kuan Rong Lee, Lee-Juian Lin, and Cheng-Teh Wang.