Reduce the heat and add the rice, spices, cinnamon stick, and bay leaf.

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Remove the bay leaf and cinnamon stick and mix in the dates, apricots, raisins, and cherries.

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Eugenol, a methoxyphenol found in various essential oils such as clove, bay laurel, cinnamon leaf, and rosemary, appears to be a particulary effective peorxynitrites scavenger (the methyl group binds to peroxynitrites and the phenol group converts it into water and a nitrogen dioxide anion).

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