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Published on: 1/29/2008
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The number of published papers exploring the properties of bioactive constituents of foods has quintupled since 2003, showing that researchers are interested in parsing out exactly what cocktails of bioactive compounds are good for us, says James Seiber, director of the Department of Agriculture's Western Regional Research Center (WRRC) in Albany, Calif., and editor of the Journal of Agricultural & Food Chemistry, published by the American Chemical Society.The public is interested because they have heard results of epidemiological studies, for example, that say drinking cranberry juice or eating blueberries could help prevent certain diseases, he adds.