Content: PREFACE ; 1. OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES FOR THE MARKETING OF HISPANIC FOODS IN THE UNITED STATES ; LUIS ANTONIO MEJIA, PH.D. ; 2. CHEMISTRY OF QUESO FRESCO ; MICHAEL H. TUNICK, DIANE L. VAN HEKKEN, LING GUO, AND PEGGY M. TOMASULA ; 3. COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF A VARIETY OF CHILI PEPPERS: INCLUDING COMPONENTS IDENTIFIED IN CHILI PEPPERS FOR THE FIRST TIME ; NEIL C. DA COSTA, DAVID AGYEMANG, AMANDA M. BUSSETTI, KENNETH J. KRAUT, AND LAURENCE TRINNAMAN ; 4. BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS IN PEPPERS AND THEIR ANTIOXIDANT POTENTIAL ; G. K. JAYAPRAKASHA, HAEJIN BAE, KEVIN CROSBY, JOHN L. JIFON, AND BHIMANAGOUDA S. PATIL ; 5. RIPENING RESEARCH IN <"MARADOL>" PAPAYA: A NUTRACEUTICAL FRUIT ; JOSE ANGEL HUERTA-OCAMPO, NORMA ALEJANDRA MANCILLA-MARGALLI, GISELA JARETH LINO-LOPEZ, MIGUEL ANGEL HERNANDEZ-VELASCO, ANA PAULINA BARBA DE LA ROSA, AND JUAN ALBERTO OSUNA-CASTRO ; 6. INHIBITION OF ?-GLUCOSIDASE AND ?-AMYLASE BY VACCINIUM FLORIBUNDUM AND ARISTOTELIA CHILENSIS PROANTHOCYANIDINS ; MARIA SCHRECKINGER, MARY ANN LILA, GAD YOUSEF, AND ELVIRA DE MEJIA ; 7. HUITLACOCHE DS A 21ST CENTURY CULINARY DELIGHT ORIGINATED IN THE AZTEC TIMES ; MARIA ELENA VALVERDE, TALIA HERNANDEZ-PEREZ, AND OCTAVIO PAREDES-LOPEZ ; 8. OPUNTIA SPP. AS A SOURCE OF BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS ; MARIZEL G. ASTELLO-GARCIA, MARIA DEL SOCORRO SANTOS DIAZ, ANTONIO REYES-AGUERO, AND ANA PAULINA BARBA DE LA ROSA ; 9. NOPAL: A PERSPECTIVE VIEW ON ITS NUTRACEUTICAL POTENTIAL ; PAOLA I. ANGULO-BEJARANO AND OCTAVIO PAREDES-LOPEZ ; 10. MICROSTRUCTURE OF MATURE GREEN MEXICAN VANILLA PODS VANILLA PLANIFOLIA ; (ANDREWS) BY MICROSCOPY TECHNIQUES AND DIGITAL IMAGE ANALYSIS ; A. P. TAPIA, D. I. TELLEZ, M. J. PEREA, E. ORTIZ, AND G. DAVILA ; 11. NUTRACEUTICAL CHANGES INDUCED IN BLUE AND RED PIGMENTED MAIZE BY NIXTAMALIZATION PROCESS ; C. REYES-MORENO, J. AGUAYO-ROJAS, AND J. MILAN-CARRILLO ; 12. IN VITRO EVALUATION OF THE ANTIDIABETIC AND ANTIADIPOGENIC POTENTIAL OF AMARANTH PROTEIN HYDROLYSATES ; AIDA JIMENA VELARDE-SALCEDO, ELVIRA GONZALEZ DE MEJIA, AND ANA PAULINA BARBA DE LA ROSA ; 13. HIGH-ANTIOXIDANT CAPACITY BEVERAGES BASED ON EXTRUDED AND ROASTED AMARANTH (AMARANTHUS HYPOCHONDRIACUS) FLOUR ; JORGE MILAN-CARRILLO, ALVARO MONTOYA-RODRIGUEZ, AND CUAUHTEMOC REYES-MORENO ; 14. BEAN CONCENTRATES AND INFLAMMATION REDUCTION ; M. OSEGUERA-TOLEDO, V. P. DIA, E. GONZALEZ DE MEJIA, AND S. L. AMAYA LLANO ; 15. NUTRITIONAL AND BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS OF BEAN: BENEFITS TO HUMAN HEALTH ; HERCIA STAMPINI DUARTE MARTINO, SOLANGE MARA BIGONHA, LEANDRO DE MORAIS CARDOSO, CARLA DE OLIVEIRA BARBOSA ROSA, NEUZA MARIA BRUNORO COSTA, LUCIA DE LOS ANGELES RAMIREZ CARDENAS, AND SONIA MACHADO ROCHA RIBEIRO ; 16. BRAZILIAN SOYBEAN PRODUCTS: FUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES AND BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS ; MARIA GABRIELA VERNAZA, MARCIO SCHMIELE, LUZ MARIA PAUCAR-MENACHO, CAROLINE JOY STEEL, AND YOON KIL CHANG ; 17. HIBISCUS SABDARIFFA L.: PHYTOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION AND NUTRACEUTICAL PROPERTIES ; LUIS MOJICA, LI RUI, AND ELVIRA GONZALEZ DE MEJIA ; 18. YERBA MATE (ILEX PARAGUARIENSIS ST. HILAIRE) SAPONINS INHIBIT HUMAN COLON CANCER CELL PROLIFERATION ; SIRIMA PUANGPRAPHANT, MARK A. BERHOW, AND ELVIRA DE MEJIA ; EDITORS' BIOGRAPHIES ; INDEXES ; AUTHOR INDEX ; SUBJECT INDEX