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S ummary : Irradiation at a level of 0·5 Mrad decreased the number of surviving microorganisms in spices considerably and 1·58 Mrad sterilized them. Gas chromatography showed a slight increase in the amounts of volatile constituents with increasing dose. The amounts of permanent free radicals in the spices were negligible.
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