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ARS scientists are investigating natural antioxidant compounds that might effectively protect soybean oil from oxidation during frying. In tests with french fries, sesamol, extracted from sesame oil, proved better at this task than a commonly used synthetic antioxidant.
Photo by Stephen Ausmus.
