1.   Clinical trials have assessed the effect of these antioxidant vitamins as supplements on the risk of colorectal cancer.

2.   Beta-carotene is an antioxidant vitamin, a member of the vitamin-A family.

3.   About a year ago, the purported link between antioxidant vitamins and cancers was questioned.

4.   Regan agrees that there should now be trials of antioxidant vitamins.

5.   Scientists envision potatoes that will carry vaccines and broccoli that will be packed with antioxidant vitamins.

6.   Speaking as a pharmacist, Francis said, she knows for certain that the established medical community is writing prescriptions featuring antioxidant vitamins.

7.   Taking antioxidant vitamins to mop up free-radical chemicals formed by oxygen should help protect the fetus, Jauniaux says.

8.   The results have encouraged senior obstetrician Lesley Regan of Imperial College, London, to advocate testing whether high doses of antioxidant vitamins could reduce the risk of miscarriage.

9.   The study, though preliminary, offers additional evidence of the benefits of so-called antioxidant vitamins for heart patients, the researchers said.

10.   This may be a clue to treatment, and many patients now take high doses of antioxidant vitamins in hopes of slowing the damage to nerve cells.