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Garcia-Lopez MT, Meca E, Jaime R, Puckett RD, Michailides TJ, Moral J. Sporulation and Dispersal of the Biological Control Agent Aspergillus flavus AF36 Under Field Conditions. Phytopathology 2024:PHYTO06230200KC. [PMID: 37581424 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-06-23-0200-kc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/16/2023]
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Aflatoxins are carcinogens produced by the fungi Aspergillus flavus and A. parasiticus that contaminate pistachio crops. International markets reject pistachio when aflatoxins exceed permitted maximum levels. Releasing the atoxigenic strain AF36 of A. flavus is the leading aflatoxin pre-harvest control method. The product AF36 Prevail, sorghum grains coated with AF36 propagules, has been used in California since 2017. However, a high percentage of grains of the Prevail fail to sporulate in orchards. Here, the effect of soil moisture on the percentage of AF36 product grains sporulating (SG) and the quantity of spores per grain using a sporulation index (SI) was determined. Under controlled conditions, SG was higher than 85% when soil moisture was 13% or more, and SI increased with increasing soil moisture from 8.4 to 21%. The highest AF36 sporulation occurred near the micro-sprinklers when the grains were not impacted by the irrigation water drops. Arthropod predation was responsible for lost product grains, which was more pronounced in non-tilled soil than in tilled soil. Dispersal of the AF36 spores decreased markedly with the height and distance from the inoculum source, following a pattern of diffusion equations. However, AF36 spores easily reached canopies of pistachios located 10 m from the inoculum source. Our results indicate that AF36 Prevail should be applied close to the irrigation line in the moist soil area but avoiding the areas where excess irrigation causes water accumulation. The biocontrol of aflatoxins in California's pistachio production areas was optimized by improving the field realization of the biological control agent.
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- M Teresa Garcia-Lopez
- Department of Agronomy, Maria de Maeztu Unit of Excellence, University of Cordoba. Edif. C4, Campus de Rabanales 14071, Cordoba, Spain
- Department of Plant Pathology, University of California-Davis, Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center, Parlier 93648, CA, U.S.A
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- Department of Applied Physics, University of Cordoba. Edif. C2, Campus de Rabanales 14071, Cordoba, Spain
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of California-Davis, Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center, Parlier 93648, CA, U.S.A
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of California-Davis, Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center, Parlier 93648, CA, U.S.A
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of California-Davis, Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center, Parlier 93648, CA, U.S.A
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- Department of Agronomy, Maria de Maeztu Unit of Excellence, University of Cordoba. Edif. C4, Campus de Rabanales 14071, Cordoba, Spain
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Jafari A, Zheng M, Ghobadi S. Letter to the Editor regarding "The effect of pistachio supplementation on metabolic syndrome and its components in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials". Nutr Rev 2024; 82:709-710. [PMID: 37550257 DOI: 10.1093/nutrit/nuad069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/09/2023] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Alireza Jafari
- Physiology Research Center, Institute of Neuropharmacology, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
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- Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition (IPAN), School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, Burwood, Victoria, Australia
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- Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition (IPAN), School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, Burwood, Victoria, Australia
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Mellikeche W, Ricelli A, Casini G, Gallo M, Baser N, Colelli G, D’Onghia AM. Development of Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP) Assays for the Rapid Detection of Toxigenic Aspergillus flavus and A. carbonarius in Nuts. Int J Mol Sci 2024; 25:3809. [PMID: 38612622 PMCID: PMC11011790 DOI: 10.3390/ijms25073809] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2024] [Revised: 03/21/2024] [Accepted: 03/22/2024] [Indexed: 04/14/2024] Open
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Aspergillus species create major postharvest problems due to the food losses caused by their mere presence and the hazardous mycotoxins they produce, such as aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) and ochratoxin A (OTA). These mycotoxins are mainly produced by A. flavus and A. carbonarius, respectively. In this study, we developed a rapid detection method for the two aforementioned species based on loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP). The primers were designed to target genes belonging to the mycotoxin clusters pks and aflT for A. carbonarius and A. flavus, respectively. Result visualization was carried out in real time via the detection of fluorescent signals. The method developed showed high sensitivity and specificity, with detection limits of 0.3 and 0.03 pg/reaction of purified DNA of A. carbonarius and A. flavus, respectively. The assays were further implemented on inoculated nuts, including pistachios and almonds, after one-step crude DNA extraction. These tests revealed a detection level of 0.5 spore/g that shows the effectiveness of LAMP as a rapid method for detecting potentially toxigenic Aspergillus spp. directly in food. The validation of the assays included tests on a larger scale that further confirmed their sensitivity and specificity, as well as enabling the production of ready-to-use LAMP prototype kits. These kits are easy to use and aim to simplify the screening of food samples in order to monitor the presence of specific Aspergillus contaminations.
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- Wanissa Mellikeche
- Department of Agricultural Sciences, Food, Natural Resources and Engineering, University of Foggia, Via Napoli, 25-71122 Foggia, Italy; (W.M.); (G.C.)
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- National Research Council—Institute of Molecular Biology and Pathology, P.le A. Moro, 5-00185 Rome, Italy
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- Enbiotech SRL, Via Del Bersagliere, 45-90143 Palermo, Italy;
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- International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies, Via Ceglie, 9-70010 Valenzano, Italy; (M.G.); (N.B.); (A.M.D.)
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- International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies, Via Ceglie, 9-70010 Valenzano, Italy; (M.G.); (N.B.); (A.M.D.)
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- Department of Agricultural Sciences, Food, Natural Resources and Engineering, University of Foggia, Via Napoli, 25-71122 Foggia, Italy; (W.M.); (G.C.)
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- International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies, Via Ceglie, 9-70010 Valenzano, Italy; (M.G.); (N.B.); (A.M.D.)
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Singh P, Jaime R, Puckett RD, Lake J, Papangelis A, Gabri Martin VM, Michailides T. Ochratoxin A contamination of California pistachios and identification of causal agents. Plant Dis 2023. [PMID: 38115568 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-06-23-1233-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2023]
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Ochratoxin A (OTA) is a potent mycotoxin produced by Aspergillus and Penicillium spp., which contaminates many crops, including pistachios. Pistachios contaminated with OTA may be subjected to border rejections resulting in significant economic losses to the United States agricultural revenues. The current study examined prevalence of OTA in California grown pistachios and identified its causal agents. OTA was detected in 20% samples from 2018-21 (n=809), with 18% samples exceeding the European Union regulatory limit of 5 µg/kg. Fungi potentially responsible for OTA contamination were isolated from leaves, nuts, and soil collected from 14 pistachio orchards across California. A total of 1,882 isolates of Aspergillus section Nigri and 85 isolates of section Circumdati were recovered. Within section Nigri, 216 (11.5%) isolates were identified as potential OTA producers using a boscalid-resistance assay. Phylogenetic analyses of partial gene sequences for β-tubulin and calmodulin genes resolved section Circumdati into four species: A. ochraceus (33%), A. melleus (28%), A. bridgeri (21%), and A. westerdijkiae (19%). Aspergillus westerdijkiae produced the highest levels of OTA in inoculated pistachios (47 µg/g), followed by A. ochraceus (9.6 µg/g) and A. melleus (3.3 µg/g). Aspergillus bridgeri did not produce OTA. OTA production by section Circumdati was optimal from 20 to 30ºC. All 216 boscalid-resistant isolates from section Nigri were identified as A. tubingensis and representative isolates (n =130) produced 3.8 µg/kg OTA in inoculated pistachios. This is the first detailed report on OTA contamination and causal fungi in California pistachios and will be helpful in devising effective management strategies.
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- Pummi Singh
- University of California Davis, 8789, Plant Pathology, 9240 South Riverbend Ave., Parlier, California, United States, 93648;
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- UC-Davis, Plant Pathology, PARLIER, California, United States;
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- University of Caliofrnia, Kearney Plant Pathology, Parlier, California, United States;
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- University of California, Agriculture & Natural Resources, Kearney Agric. Research and Extesnion Center, 9240 South Riverbend Ave., Parlier, California, United States, 93648;
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Yu S, Amaral D, Brown PH, Ferguson L, Tian L. Temporal transcriptome and metabolite analyses provide insights into the biochemical and physiological processes underlying endodormancy release in pistachio ( Pistacia vera L.) flower buds. Front Plant Sci 2023; 14:1240442. [PMID: 37810399 PMCID: PMC10556704 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1240442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2023] [Accepted: 09/04/2023] [Indexed: 10/10/2023]
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Pistachio (Pistacia vera L.), an economically and nutritionally important tree crop, relies on winter chill for bud endodormancy break and subsequent blooming and nut production. However, insufficient winter chill poses an increasing challenge in pistachio growing regions. To gain a better understanding of the physiological and biochemical responses of endodormant pistachio buds to chilling accumulation, we investigated the global gene expression changes in flower buds of pistachio cv. Kerman that were cultivated at three different orchard locations and exposed to increasing durations of winter chill. The expression of genes encoding β-1,3-glucanase and β-amylase, enzymes responsible for breaking down callose (β-1,3-glucan) and starch (α-1,4-glucan), respectively, increased during the endodormancy break of pistachio buds. This result suggested that the breakdown of callose obstructing stomata as well as the release of glucose from starch enables symplasmic trafficking and provides energy for bud endodormancy break and growth. Interestingly, as chilling accumulation increased, there was a decrease in the expression of nine-cis-epoxycarotenoid dioxygenase (NCED), encoding an enzyme that uses carotenoids as substrates and catalyzes the rate-limiting step in abscisic acid (ABA) biosynthesis. The decrease in NCED expression suggests ABA biosynthesis is suppressed, thus reducing inhibition of endodormancy break. The higher levels of carotenoid precursors and a decrease in ABA content in buds undergoing endodormancy break supports this suggestion. Collectively, the temporal transcriptome and biochemical analyses revealed that the degradation of structural (callose) and non-structural (starch) carbohydrates, along with the attenuation of ABA biosynthesis, are critical processes driving endodormancy break in pistachio buds.
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- Shu Yu
- Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, United States
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, United States
- University of California Cooperative Extension Kings County, Hanford, CA, United States
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, United States
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, United States
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, United States
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Hojjati M, Shahbazi S, Askari H, Makari M. Use of X-Irradiations in Reducing the Waste of Aflatoxin-Contaminated Pistachios and Evaluation of the Physicochemical Properties of the Irradiated Product. Foods 2023; 12:3040. [PMID: 37628039 PMCID: PMC10453287 DOI: 10.3390/foods12163040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2023] [Revised: 07/31/2023] [Accepted: 08/11/2023] [Indexed: 08/27/2023] Open
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This study investigates the effects of electron beam irradiation (0, 1, 2, 4, and 6 kGy) on Aspergillus flavus, aflatoxin B1 (AFB1), and the physicochemical properties of pistachios. The findings suggested that e-beam significantly reduced the spore population of A. flavus and the concentration of AFB1 at doses of 4 and 6 kGy. Three AFB1 degradation products were detected via LC-MS analysis and their structures were presented. Total phenolic content was improved at a dose of 2 kGy, while antioxidant activity was decreased in all treatments in both DPPH and ABTS assays. The chlorophyll and carotenoid content declined and the color indices changed, leading to a darker color. E-beam at a dose of 2 kGy raised the soluble protein levels and changed the intensity and pattern of protein bands. Irradiation doses of up to 6 kGy enhanced the content of malondialdehyde and total saturated fatty acids while leading to a decline in unsaturated fatty acids. The quality features were adversely affected at doses > 4 kGy. The findings suggest that as an alternative method, e-beam at doses ≥ 2 kGy can effectively decrease fungal load and aflatoxin B1 contamination, and e-beam application at doses ≤ 2 kGy can maintain the physicochemical attributes of pistachios to an acceptable extent.
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- Mohammad Hojjati
- Department of Food Science and Technology, Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources University of Khuzestan, Ahvaz 63417-73637, Iran
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- Nuclear Agriculture School, Nuclear Science and Technology Research Institute (NSTRI), Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), Karaj P.O. Box 31485-498, Iran
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- Nuclear Agriculture School, Nuclear Science and Technology Research Institute (NSTRI), Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), Karaj P.O. Box 31485-498, Iran
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- Department of Food Science and Technology, Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources University of Khuzestan, Ahvaz 63417-73637, Iran
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Akhavan‐Mahdavi S, Mirzazadeh M, Alam Z, Solaimanimehr S. The effect of chitosan coating combined with cold plasma on the quality and safety of pistachio during storage. Food Sci Nutr 2023; 11:4296-4307. [PMID: 37457141 PMCID: PMC10345737 DOI: 10.1002/fsn3.3355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2023] [Revised: 03/15/2023] [Accepted: 03/17/2023] [Indexed: 07/18/2023] Open
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Pistachios are one of the most important agricultural and export products of Iran. Fresh pistachio fruit has soft skin, is highly perishable, and therefore has a short life after harvesting, which has made traders and consumers have a great desire to increase the shelf life of this product. For this purpose, in this study, the effect of different concentrations of chitosan as an edible coating (0.5 and 1.5% w/v) and the duration of cold plasma treatment (60 and 120 s) were investigated during 180 days of pistachio storage. The effect of treatments on the shelf life of pistachio fruit was evaluated by determining moisture content, color components, peroxide value, total mold and yeast, hardness, aflatoxin content, and sensory evaluations. The results showed that the treatment with 1.5% chitosan coating and 120 s of cold plasma treatment preserved the hardness of the pistachio and the color indices in the best way (p < .05). Also, this treatment had the minimum number of peroxide, aflatoxin, and mold and yeast counts during the storage time. The treatments with chitosan coating and under plasma application did not cause any unpleasant odor or taste during the storage time. In conclusion, according to the results of this research, it was determined that the simultaneous use of chitosan coating and cold plasma treatment can potentially be used as a new approach for commercial applications and the export of fresh pistachios.
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- Department of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kermanshah BranchIslamic Azad UniversityKermanshahIran
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of ScienceImam Khomeini International UniversityQazvinIran
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- Food and Drug Administration (FDA)Kermanshah University of Medical SciencesKermanshahIran
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Şahin M, Arioglu-Tuncil S, Ünver A, Deemer D, Lindemann SR, Tunçil YE. Dietary Fibers of Tree Nuts Differ in Composition and Distinctly Impact the Fecal Microbiota and Metabolic Outcomes In Vitro. J Agric Food Chem 2023. [PMID: 37334468 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.3c01415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/20/2023]
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This study aimed to evaluate and compare the effects of dietary fibers (DFs) of commercially important tree nuts (almond, cashew, hazelnut, pistachio, and walnut) on gut microbiota in vitro. Microbial compositions and short-chain fatty acids were determined using 16S rRNA sequencing and gas chromatography (GC), respectively. Neutral and acidic monosaccharides were analyzed using GC/MS and spectrophotometry, respectively. Our results revealed that cashew fibers exhibit higher butyrate formation compared to others. Accordingly, cashew fiber promoted butyric acid-producing bacteria-related operational taxonomic units (OTUs; Butyricimonas and Collinsella) at higher relative abundances. The higher butyrogenic capacity of cashew fiber is mainly attributed to its higher soluble/total DF ratio and remarkably distinct monosaccharide composition. Additionally, nut fibers stimulated family Lachnospiraceae- and Ruminococcaceae-related OTUs. These findings show that although the degree of promotion is nut type-dependent, nut fibers are generally capable of promoting beneficial microbes in the colon, further suggesting that DFs of tree nuts are contributing factors to their health-promoting effects.
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- Merve Şahin
- Food Engineering Department, Engineering Faculty, Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya 42090, Türki̇ye
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- Nutrition and Dietetics Department, Nezahat Keleşoğlu Health Science Faculty, Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya 42090, Türki̇ye
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- Food Engineering Department, Engineering Faculty, Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya 42090, Türki̇ye
- Medical and Cosmetic Plants Application and Research Center, Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya 42090, Türki̇ye
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- Whistler Center for Carbohydrate Research, Department of Food Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette 47907, Indiana, United States
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- Whistler Center for Carbohydrate Research, Department of Food Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette 47907, Indiana, United States
- Department of Nutrition, Purdue University, West Lafayette 47907, Indiana, United States
- Department of Biological Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette 47907, Indiana, United States
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- Food Engineering Department, Engineering Faculty, Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya 42090, Türki̇ye
- Medical and Cosmetic Plants Application and Research Center, Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya 42090, Türki̇ye
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Gharibi S, Matkowski A, Sarfaraz D, Mirhendi H, Fakhim H, Szumny A, Rahimmalek M. Identification of Polyphenolic Compounds Responsible for Antioxidant, Anti- Candida Activities and Nutritional Properties in Different Pistachio ( Pistacia vera L.) Hull Cultivars. Molecules 2023; 28:4772. [PMID: 37375327 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28124772] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2023] [Revised: 05/18/2023] [Accepted: 05/18/2023] [Indexed: 06/29/2023] Open
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The use of by-products from the agri-food industry is a promising approach for production of value-added, polyphenol-rich dietary supplements or natural pharmaceutical preparations. During pistachio nut processing, a great amount of husk is removed, leaving large biomass for potential re-use. The present study compares antiglycative, antioxidant, and antifungal activities as well as nutritional values of 12 genotypes belonging to four pistachio cultivars. Antioxidant activity was measured using DPPH and ABTS assays. Antiglycative activity was evaluated as inhibition of advanced glycation end product (AGE) formation in the bovine serum albumin/methylglyoxal model. HPLC analysis was performed to determine the major phenolic compounds. Cyanidin-3-O-galactoside (120.81-181.94 mg/100 g DW), gallic acid (27.89-45.25), catechin (7.2-11.01), and eriodictyol-7-O-glucoside (7.23-16.02) were the major components. Among genotypes, the highest total flavonol content (14.8 mg quercetin equivalents/g DW) and total phenolic content (262 mg tannic acid equivalent/g DW) were in KAL1 (Kaleghouchi) and FAN2 (Fandoghi), respectively. The highest antioxidant (EC50 = 375 μg/mL) and anti-glycative activities were obtained for Fan1. Furthermore, potent inhibitory activity against Candida species was recorded with MIC values of 3.12-12.5 µg/mL. The oil content ranged from 5.4% in Fan2 to 7.6% in Akb1. The nutritional parameters of the tested cultivars were highly variable: crude protein (9.8-15.8%), ADF (acid detergent fiber 11.9-18.2%), NDF (neutral detergent fiber, 14.8-25.6%), and condensed tannins (1.74-2.86%). Finally, cyanidin-3-O-galactoside was considered an effective compound responsible for antioxidant and anti-glycative activities.
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- Shima Gharibi
- Core Research Facilities (CRF), Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan 81746-73461, Iran
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biology and Botany, Wroclaw Medical University, Borowska 211, 50-556 Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department of Plant Breeding, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan 84156-83111, Iran
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- Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan 81746-73461, Iran
- Mycology Reference Laboratory, Research Core Facilities Laboratory, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan 81746-73461, Iran
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- Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan 81746-73461, Iran
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- Department of Food Chemistry and Biocatalysis, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, 50-375 Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department of Food Chemistry and Biocatalysis, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, 50-375 Wroclaw, Poland
- Department of Horticulture, College of Agriculture, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan 84156-83111, Iran
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Siegel JP. Nut factors associated with navel orangeworm, Amyelois transitella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) damage to pistachio (Pistacia vera) in California (2007-2017) and implication for control. J Econ Entomol 2023; 116:882-890. [PMID: 37040579 DOI: 10.1093/jee/toad051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2022] [Revised: 02/24/2023] [Accepted: 03/27/2023] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Amyelois transitella is the primary pest of pistachios in California. The first A. transitella outbreak of the twenty-first century occurred in 2007 and a total of five outbreaks occurred between 2007 and 2017 (total insect damage >1%). This study used processor information to identify the nut factors associated with the outbreaks. Processor grade sheets were used to explore the relationship between the variables time of harvest, percent nut split, percent nut dark staining, percent nut shell damage, and percent adhering hull for Low Damage (82,537 loads) and High Damage years, (92,307 loads). Total insect damage (±SD) for the Low Damage years averaged 0.005 ± 0.01 and in High Damage years was three times higher, 0.015 ± 0.02. In Low Damage years the strongest correlation was between total insect damage and two variables, percent adhering hull and dark stain (0.25, 0.23) while in High Damage years the correlation between total insect damage and percent dark stain was the highest (0.32) followed by percent adhering hull (0.19). The linkage of these nut factors to insect damage suggests that outbreak prevention depends on early identification of premature hull split/breakdown in addition to the traditional emphasis on treating the standing population of A. transitella.
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- Joel P Siegel
- USDA-ARS, San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Sciences Center, Commodity Protection and Quality Unit, 9611 South Riverbend Avenue, Parlier, CA 93648, USA
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Kafkas S, Ma X, Zhang X, Topçu H, Navajas-Pérez R, Wai CM, Tang H, Xu X, Khodaeiaminjan M, Güney M, Paizila A, Karcı H, Zhang X, Lin J, Lin H, Herrán RDL, Rejón CR, García-Zea JA, Robles F, Muñoz CDV, Hotz-Wagenblatt A, Min XJ, Özkan H, Motalebipour EZ, Gozel H, Çoban N, Kafkas NE, Kilian A, Huang H, Lv X, Liu K, Hu Q, Jacygrad E, Palmer W, Michelmore R, Ming R. Pistachio genomes provide insights into nut tree domestication and ZW sex chromosome evolution. Plant Commun 2023; 4:100497. [PMID: 36435969 DOI: 10.1016/j.xplc.2022.100497] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2021] [Revised: 10/01/2022] [Accepted: 11/23/2022] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Pistachio is a nut crop domesticated in the Fertile Crescent and a dioecious species with ZW sex chromosomes. We sequenced the genomes of Pistacia vera cultivar (cv.) Siirt, the female parent, and P. vera cv. Bagyolu, the male parent. Two chromosome-level reference genomes of pistachio were generated, and Z and W chromosomes were assembled. The ZW chromosomes originated from an autosome following the first inversion, which occurred approximately 8.18 Mya. Three inversion events in the W chromosome led to the formation of a 12.7-Mb (22.8% of the W chromosome) non-recombining region. These W-specific sequences contain several genes of interest that may have played a pivotal role in sex determination and contributed to the initiation and evolution of a ZW sex chromosome system in pistachio. The W-specific genes, including defA, defA-like, DYT1, two PTEN1, and two tandem duplications of six VPS13A paralogs, are strong candidates for sex determination or differentiation. Demographic history analysis of resequenced genomes suggest that cultivated pistachio underwent severe domestication bottlenecks approximately 7640 years ago, dating the domestication event close to the archeological record of pistachio domestication in Iran. We identified 390, 211, and 290 potential selective sweeps in 3 cultivar subgroups that underlie agronomic traits such as nut development and quality, grafting success, flowering time shift, and drought tolerance. These findings have improved our understanding of the genomic basis of sex determination/differentiation and horticulturally important traits and will accelerate the improvement of pistachio cultivars and rootstocks.
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- Salih Kafkas
- Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Çukurova, Adana 01330, Turkey.
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- Center for Genomics and Biotechnology, Haixia Institute of Science and Technology, School of Future Technology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China; Key Laboratory of Orchid Conservation and Utilization of National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
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- Center for Genomics and Biotechnology, Haixia Institute of Science and Technology, School of Future Technology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
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- Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Çukurova, Adana 01330, Turkey
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- Departamento de Genética, Facultad de Ciencias, Campus de Fuentenueva s/n, 18071 Granada, Spain
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- Department of Plant Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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- Center for Genomics and Biotechnology, Haixia Institute of Science and Technology, School of Future Technology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
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- Center for Genomics and Biotechnology, Haixia Institute of Science and Technology, School of Future Technology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China; Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Coastal and Wetland Ecosystems, College of the Environment and Ecology, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
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- Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Çukurova, Adana 01330, Turkey
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- Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Çukurova, Adana 01330, Turkey
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- Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Çukurova, Adana 01330, Turkey
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- Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Çukurova, Adana 01330, Turkey
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- Department of Plant Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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- Center for Genomics and Biotechnology, Haixia Institute of Science and Technology, School of Future Technology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
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- Center for Genomics and Biotechnology, Haixia Institute of Science and Technology, School of Future Technology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
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- Departamento de Genética, Facultad de Ciencias, Campus de Fuentenueva s/n, 18071 Granada, Spain
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- Departamento de Genética, Facultad de Ciencias, Campus de Fuentenueva s/n, 18071 Granada, Spain
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- Departamento de Genética, Facultad de Ciencias, Campus de Fuentenueva s/n, 18071 Granada, Spain
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- Department of Computer Science, University of Granada, Granada, Spain; Andalusian Research Institute in Data Science and Computational Intelligence (DaSCI Institute), 18014 Granada, Spain
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- German Cancer Research Center, Omics IT and Data Management Core Facility, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, OH 44555, USA
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- Department of Field Crops, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Çukurova, Adana 01330, Turkey
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- Pistachio Research Institute, Şahinbey, Gaziantep 27060, Turkey
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- Pistachio Research Institute, Şahinbey, Gaziantep 27060, Turkey
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- Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Çukurova, Adana 01330, Turkey
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- Diversity Arrays Technology, University of Canberra, Canberra, ACT, Australia
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- Center for Genomics and Biotechnology, Haixia Institute of Science and Technology, School of Future Technology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
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- Center for Genomics and Biotechnology, Haixia Institute of Science and Technology, School of Future Technology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
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- Center for Genomics and Biotechnology, Haixia Institute of Science and Technology, School of Future Technology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
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- Center for Genomics and Biotechnology, Haixia Institute of Science and Technology, School of Future Technology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
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- Genome Center, University of California Davis, 451 Health Sciences Drive, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Genome Center, University of California Davis, 451 Health Sciences Drive, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Genome Center, University of California Davis, 451 Health Sciences Drive, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Plant Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.
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Derbyshire E, Higgs J, Feeney MJ, Carughi A. Believe It or ' Nut': Why It Is Time to Set the Record Straight on Nut Protein Quality: Pistachio ( Pistacia vera L.) Focus. Nutrients 2023; 15:2158. [PMID: 37432263 DOI: 10.3390/nu15092158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2023] [Revised: 04/24/2023] [Accepted: 04/26/2023] [Indexed: 07/12/2023] Open
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There are growing public health movements to transition towards diets that are plant-based. However, confusion exists with concerns that plant-based proteins (including nuts) may be inferior with respect to protein quality. The present publication evaluates the evolution of protein quality concepts and explains the protein science related to pistachios. Pistachio nuts are a plant-based complete protein providing all nine EAAs in addition to an array of nutrients and phytochemicals. They have a PDCAAS of 73 and 81%, (raw and roasted pistachios, respectively), higher than that of many other tree nuts. From an environmental perspective transitioning towards plant-based diets (including nuts) could have potential to reduce total/green water footprints. Dietary guidelines are evolving yet nuts such as pistachios do not always have a clear place within these. Now appears to be a pertinent time to look at protein quality from the perspective of whole daily diets and dietary patterns, factoring in both health and environmental outcomes. Given updated modes of thinking, nuts such as pistachios have an important role to play in terms of providing ready-to-eat, good-quality, plant-based protein within daily diets.
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- California Agricultural Boards, Los Altos Hills, CA 94024, USA
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Abdouli D, Soufi S, Bettaieb T, Werbrouck SPO. Effects of Monochromatic Light on Growth and Quality of Pistacia vera L. Plants (Basel) 2023; 12:1546. [PMID: 37050172 PMCID: PMC10096592 DOI: 10.3390/plants12071546] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2023] [Revised: 03/31/2023] [Accepted: 04/02/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are popular as a light source for in vitro plants because they save energy and allow the morphology of the plant to be altered. The purpose of this study was to show that switching from classical fluorescent light (FL) to LED light can have both beneficial and adverse effects. Pistacia vera plantlets were exposed to FL, monochromatic Blue LED light (B), monochromatic Red LED light (R), and a 1:1 mixture of both B and R (BR). R increased the total weight, shoot length, number of shoots ≥ 1 cm, and proliferation. It also reduced hyperhydricity (HH), but also dramatically increased shoot tip necrosis (STN) and leaf necrosis (LN). B cured plants of HH and STN, but hardly enabled proliferation. It did not solve the problem of LN, but the plants were high in total chlorophyll and carotenoids. BR reduced HH but enabled limited proliferation, high STN, and LN. All three LED treatments reduced HH compared to FL. B induced both high total phenolic and flavonoid content and high DPPH-scavenging activity. These results show that switching from FL to LED can have a significant positive or negative effect on proliferation and quality. This suggests that finding an optimal lighting regimen will take a lot of trial and error.
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- Dhekra Abdouli
- Laboratory for Applied In Vitro Plant Biotechnology, Ghent University, Valentin Vaerwyckweg 1, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
- Laboratory of Horticultural Sciences, National Agronomic Institute of Tunisia, University of Carthage, 43 Av. Charles Nicolle, Tunis 1082, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Horticultural Sciences, National Agronomic Institute of Tunisia, University of Carthage, 43 Av. Charles Nicolle, Tunis 1082, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Horticultural Sciences, National Agronomic Institute of Tunisia, University of Carthage, 43 Av. Charles Nicolle, Tunis 1082, Tunisia
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- Laboratory for Applied In Vitro Plant Biotechnology, Ghent University, Valentin Vaerwyckweg 1, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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Velasco-Ruiz I, De Santiago E, Ordóñez-Díaz JL, Pereira-Caro G, Moreno-Rojas JM. Effect of In Vitro Gastrointestinal Digestion and Colonic Fermentation on the Stability of Polyphenols in Pistachio ( Pistacia Vera L.). Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24054975. [PMID: 36902411 PMCID: PMC10003603 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24054975] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2023] [Revised: 03/01/2023] [Accepted: 03/02/2023] [Indexed: 03/08/2023] Open
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The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of in vitro gastrointestinal digestion and colonic fermentation on the polyphenol compounds from different varieties of pistachio by UHPLC-HRMS analysis. The total polyphenol content decreased significantly, mostly during oral (recoveries of 27 to 50%) and gastric digestion (recoveries of 10 to 18%), with no significant changes after the intestinal phase. After in vitro digestion, the hydroxybenzoic acids and the flavan-3-ols were the main compounds found in pistachio, with respective total polyphenol contents of 73 to 78% and 6 to 11%. More specifically, the main compounds determined after in vitro digestion were 3,4,5-trihydroxybenzoic acid, vanillic hexoside and epigallocatechin gallate. The colonic fermentation affected the total phenolic content of the six varieties studied, with a recovery range of 11 to 25% after 24 h of fecal incubation. A total of twelve catabolites were identified after fecal fermentation, the main compounds being the 3-(3'-hydroxyphenyl)propanoic, 3-(4'-hydroxyphenyl)propanoic, 3-(3',4'-dihydroxyphenyl)propanoic, 3-hydroxyphenylacetic acids and 3,4-dihydroxyphenyl-ɣ-valerolactone. Based on these data, a catabolic pathway for colonic microbial degradation of phenolic compounds is proposed. The catabolites identified at the end of the process are potentially responsible for the health properties attributed to pistachio consumption.
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- Isabel Velasco-Ruiz
- Department of Agroindustry and Food Quality, Andalusian Institute of Agricultural and Fisheries Research and Training (IFAPA), Alameda del Obispo, Avda. Menéndez-Pidal, s/n., 14004 Córdoba, Spain
- Departamento de Bromatología y Tecnología de los Alimentos, Campus Rabanales, Ed. Darwin-Anexo, Universidad de Córdoba, 14014 Córdoba, Spain
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- Department of Agroindustry and Food Quality, Andalusian Institute of Agricultural and Fisheries Research and Training (IFAPA), Alameda del Obispo, Avda. Menéndez-Pidal, s/n., 14004 Córdoba, Spain
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- Department of Agroindustry and Food Quality, Andalusian Institute of Agricultural and Fisheries Research and Training (IFAPA), Alameda del Obispo, Avda. Menéndez-Pidal, s/n., 14004 Córdoba, Spain
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- Department of Agroindustry and Food Quality, Andalusian Institute of Agricultural and Fisheries Research and Training (IFAPA), Alameda del Obispo, Avda. Menéndez-Pidal, s/n., 14004 Córdoba, Spain
- Foods for Health Group, Instituto Maimónides de Investigación Biomédica de Córdoba (IMIBIC), 14004 Córdoba, Spain
- Correspondence: (G.P.-C.); (J.M.M.-R.)
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- Department of Agroindustry and Food Quality, Andalusian Institute of Agricultural and Fisheries Research and Training (IFAPA), Alameda del Obispo, Avda. Menéndez-Pidal, s/n., 14004 Córdoba, Spain
- Foods for Health Group, Instituto Maimónides de Investigación Biomédica de Córdoba (IMIBIC), 14004 Córdoba, Spain
- Correspondence: (G.P.-C.); (J.M.M.-R.)
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Açar M. Effect of auto-exhaust pollution on leaf anatomy and micromorphology of Pistacia vera L. Microsc Res Tech 2023; 86:271-282. [PMID: 36463572 DOI: 10.1002/jemt.24268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2022] [Revised: 10/01/2022] [Accepted: 11/18/2022] [Indexed: 12/07/2022]
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One of the important causes of air pollution is automobile emissions Automobile exhausts can be toxic and harmful to plants. In light of this, this study aimed to examine the anatomical and micromorphological effects of auto exhaust pollution on Pistacia vera L. (Pistachio), an important agricultural plant. Pistachio leaflet samples taken from heavy traffic areas and rural areas were compared anatomically and micromorphologically. Also, the data were statistically evaluated. As a result of the study, it was seen that there are anatomical and micromorphological differences between the plant in the rural area and the plant in the heavy traffic area in the city center where air pollution and the number of cars are high. In particular, significant differences were detected in the epidermis surface and cuticle structure, trichome cover, stomatal characteristics, as well as mesophyll width, and epidermis anticlinal outer wall width. As a result, the study revealed that the agriculturally important P. vera is affected by pollution anatomically and micromorphologically.
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- Mikail Açar
- Department of Plant and Animal Production, Tunceli Vocational School of Higher Education, Munzur University, Tunceli, Turkey
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Demir M, Tunç E, Thiele-Bruhn S, Çelik Ö, Tsegai AT, Aslan N, Arslan S. Status, Sources and Assessment of Potentially Toxic Element (PTE) Contamination in Roadside Orchard Soils of Gaziantep (Türkiye). Int J Environ Res Public Health 2023; 20:2467. [PMID: 36767832 PMCID: PMC9916285 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph20032467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2022] [Revised: 01/17/2023] [Accepted: 01/27/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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To identify the sources of contamination with potentially toxic elements (PTEs) in roadside orchard soils and to evaluate the potential ecological and environmental impacts in Gaziantep, soil samples from 20 mixed pistachio and olive orchards on roadsides with different traffic densities and at different distances to the roads were analyzed. Concentrations were 23,407.36 ± 4183.76 mg·kg-1 for Fe, 421.78 ± 100.26 mg·kg-1 for Mn, 100.20 ± 41.92 mg·kg-1 for Ni, 73.30 ± 25.58 mg·kg-1 for Cr, 65.03 ± 12.19 mg·kg-1 for Zn, 60.38± 7.91 mg·kg-1 for Pb, 17.74 ± 3.35 mg·kg-1 for Cu, 14.93 ± 4.94 mg·kg-1 for Co, and 0.30 ± 0.12 mg·kg-1 for Cd. It was found that the Ni content in 51% and the Cr content in 18% of orchard soils were above the legal limits for agricultural soils (pH > 6) in Türkiye. Factor analysis (FA) showed that Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni, and Pb loaded on the first factor (FC1), while Cd and Zn loaded mostly on the second factor (FC2). It was found that Cr, Ni, and Pb were primarily enriched through pedogenic processes, whereas Cd most likely originated from agricultural activities, while the impact of road traffic as source of PTE contamination was insignificant. It has been revealed that the soils are of low quality for agricultural production due to PTE contamination (PIave ≥ 1). The SOPI values from environmental and ecological individual indices showed that the soil pollution level was moderate for Cd, Ni, and Pb, and low for Cr. The soil pollution index (SOPI) proved to be suitable for evaluating and comparing PTE pollution in regions with different soil properties.
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- Mustafa Demir
- Biology Department, Faculty of Art and Sciences, Gaziantep University, University Boulevard, Şehitkamil, 27310 Gaziantep, Türkiye
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- Biology Department, Faculty of Art and Sciences, Gaziantep University, University Boulevard, Şehitkamil, 27310 Gaziantep, Türkiye
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- Soil Science Department, Regional and Environmental Sciences, Trier University, Campus II, D-54286 Trier, Germany
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- Department of Plant Production, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Muş Alpaslan University, 49250 Muş, Türkiye
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- Pistachio Research Institute, Ministry of Agricultural and Forestry, University Boulevard No: 31, 27060 Gaziantep, Türkiye
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- Biology Department, Faculty of Art and Sciences, Gaziantep University, University Boulevard, Şehitkamil, 27310 Gaziantep, Türkiye
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Pakzad R, Fatehi F, Kalantar M, Maleki M. Proteomics approach to investigating osmotic stress effects on pistachio. Front Plant Sci 2023; 13:1041649. [PMID: 36762186 PMCID: PMC9907329 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.1041649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2022] [Accepted: 12/28/2022] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Osmotic stress can occur due to some stresses such as salinity and drought, threatening plant survival. To investigate the mechanism governing the pistachio response to this stress, the biochemical alterations and protein profile of PEG-treated plants was monitored. Also, we selected two differentially abundant proteins to validate via Real-Time PCR. Biochemical results displayed that in treated plants, proline and phenolic content was elevated, photosynthetic pigments except carotenoid decreased and MDA concentration were not altered. Our findings identified a number of proteins using 2DE-MS, involved in mitigating osmotic stress in pistachio. A total of 180 protein spots were identified, of which 25 spots were altered in response to osmotic stress. Four spots that had photosynthetic activities were down-regulated, and the remaining spots were up-regulated. The biological functional analysis of protein spots exhibited that most of them are associated with the photosynthesis and metabolism (36%) followed by stress response (24%). Results of Real-Time PCR indicated that two of the representative genes illustrated a positive correlation among transcript level and protein expression and had a similar trend in regulation of gene and protein. Osmotic stress set changes in the proteins associated with photosynthesis and stress tolerance, proteins associated with the cell wall, changes in the expression of proteins involved in DNA and RNA processing occur. Findings of this research will introduce possible proteins and pathways that contribute to osmotic stress and can be considered for improving osmotic tolerance in pistachio.
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- Rambod Pakzad
- Department of Plant Breeding, Yazd Branch, Islamic Azad University, Yazd, Iran
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- Department of Agriculture, Payame Noor University (PNU), Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Plant Breeding, Yazd Branch, Islamic Azad University, Yazd, Iran
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- Department of Biotechnology, Institute of Science and High Technology and Environmental Sciences, Graduate University of Advanced Technology, Kerman, Iran
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Lim SJ, Kwon HC, Shin DM, Choi YJ, Han SG, Kim YJ, Han SG. Apoptosis-Inducing Effects of Short-Chain Fatty Acids-Rich Fermented Pistachio Milk in Human Colon Carcinoma Cells. Foods 2023; 12:foods12010189. [PMID: 36613403 PMCID: PMC9818824 DOI: 10.3390/foods12010189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2022] [Revised: 11/22/2022] [Accepted: 12/01/2022] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Pistachio milk (PM), an extraction product of pistachio, is protein- and fat-dense food. Short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) are known for inducing cytotoxicity and apoptosis in colon carcinoma cells. This study aimed to find an optimal combination of probiotics that can produce a higher amount of SCFAs in PM. In addition, the anti-cancer effect of fermented PM on human colon carcinoma cells (Caco-2) was determined. The combinations of probiotics were as follows: Streptococcus thermophilus + Lactobacillus bulgaricus (C); C + Lactobacillus acidophilus (C-La); C + Lactobacillus gasseri (C-Lg); C + Bifidobacterium bifidum (C-Bb). The results indicated that fermented PM was produced after a short fermentation time in all the probiotics combinations. C-Bb produced up to 1.5-fold more acetate than the other probiotics combinations did. A significant amount of cytotoxicity, i.e., 78, 56, and 29% cell viability was observed in Caco-2 cells by C-Bb-fermented PM at 1, 2.5 and 5%, respectively. C-Bb-fermented PM (5%) induced early and late apoptosis up to 6-fold. Additionally, Caco-2 cells treated with C-Bb-fermented PM significantly induced the downregulation of α-tubulin and the upregulation of cleaved caspase-3, as well as nuclear condensation and fragmentation. Our data suggest that fermented PM, which is rich in acetate, may have the potential as a functional food possessing anti-colon cancer properties.
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- Su-Jin Lim
- Department of Food Science and Biotechnology of Animal Resources, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Food Science and Biotechnology of Animal Resources, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea
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- Research Group of Food Processing, Korea Food Research Institute, Wanju 55365, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Animal Science and Technology, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Food Science and Biotechnology of Animal Resources, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Food Science and Biotechnology of Animal Resources, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Food Science and Biotechnology of Animal Resources, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea
- Correspondence:
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Sánchez-Bravo P, Noguera-Artiaga L, Gómez-López VM, Carbonell-Barrachina ÁA, Gabaldón JA, Pérez-López AJ. Impact of Non-Thermal Technologies on the Quality of Nuts: A Review. Foods 2022; 11:foods11233891. [PMID: 36496699 PMCID: PMC9739324 DOI: 10.3390/foods11233891] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2022] [Revised: 11/24/2022] [Accepted: 11/30/2022] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Nuts are widely consumed worldwide, mainly due to their characteristic flavor and texture, ease of consumption, and their functional properties. In addition, consumers increasingly demand natural or slightly processed foods with high quality. Consequently, non-thermal treatments are a viable alternative to thermal treatments used to guarantee safety and long shelf life, which produce undesirable changes that affect the sensory quality of nuts. Non-thermal treatments can achieve results similar to those of the traditional (thermal) ones in terms of food safety, while ensuring minimal loss of bioactive compounds and sensory properties, thus obtaining a product as similar as possible to the fresh one. This article focuses on a review of the main non-thermal treatments currently available for nuts (cold plasma, high pressure, irradiation, pulsed electric field, pulsed light, ultrasound and ultraviolet light) in relation to their effects on the quality and safety of nuts. All the treatments studied have shown promise with regard to the inhibition of the main microorganisms affecting nuts (e.g., Aspergillus, Salmonella, and E. coli). Furthermore, by optimizing the treatment, it is possible to maintain the organoleptic and functional properties of these products.
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- Paola Sánchez-Bravo
- Laboratory of Fitoquímica y Alimentos Saludables (LabFAS), CEBAS-CSIC, University of Murcia, 25, 30100 Murcia, Spain
- Department of AgroFood Technology, Miguel Hernandez University, Carretera de Beniel, km 3.2, 03312 Orihuela, Spain
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- Department of AgroFood Technology, Miguel Hernandez University, Carretera de Beniel, km 3.2, 03312 Orihuela, Spain
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- Catedra Alimentos Para la Salud, Campus de los Jerónimos, Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia (UCAM), 30107 Murcia, Spain
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- Catedra Alimentos Para la Salud, Campus de los Jerónimos, Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia (UCAM), 30107 Murcia, Spain
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- Department of Food Technology and Nutrition, Catholic University of San Antonio, Campus de los Jerónimos s/n, 30107 Murcia, Spain
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +34-968-278-622
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Mateos R, Salvador MD, Fregapane G, Goya L. Why Should Pistachio Be a Regular Food in Our Diet? Nutrients 2022; 14:3207. [PMID: 35956383 DOI: 10.3390/nu14153207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2022] [Revised: 08/01/2022] [Accepted: 08/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The pistachio is regarded as a relevant source of biologically active components that, compared to other nuts, possess a healthier nutritional profile with low-fat content composed mainly of monounsaturated fatty acids, a high source of vegetable protein and dietary fibre, remarkable content of minerals, especially potassium, and an excellent source of vitamins, such as vitamins C and E. A rich composition in terms of phytochemicals, such as tocopherols, carotenoids, and, importantly, phenolic compounds, makes pistachio a powerful food to explore its involvement in the prevention of prevalent pathologies. Although pistachio has been less explored than other nuts (walnut, almonds, hazelnut, etc.), many studies provide evidence of its beneficial effects on CVD risk factors beyond the lipid-lowering effect. The present review gathers recent data regarding the most beneficial effects of pistachio on lipid and glucose homeostasis, endothelial function, oxidative stress, and inflammation that essentially convey a protective/preventive effect on the onset of pathological conditions, such as obesity, type 2 diabetes, CVD, and cancer. Likewise, the influence of pistachio consumption on gut microbiota is reviewed with promising results. However, population nut consumption does not meet current intake recommendations due to the extended belief that they are fattening products, their high cost, or teething problems, among the most critical barriers, which would be solved with more research and information.
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Siegel JP, Gilcrease G. Augmenting sanitation with insecticides to improve control of navel orangeworm (Amyelois transitella Walker) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) in California tree nuts. Pest Manag Sci 2022; 78:2034-2042. [PMID: 35122376 DOI: 10.1002/ps.6827] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2021] [Revised: 01/23/2022] [Accepted: 02/04/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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BACKGROUND Sanitation, consisting of eliminating unharvested nuts (mummies) that serve as both harborage and food source for navel orangeworm (Amyelois transitella), is the foundation for control in almonds and pistachios. Sometimes sanitation is ineffective and needs to be augmented. Trials in almonds and pistachios were conducted early October 2005-2006 to determine if insecticides applied postharvest could augment sanitation, and in almonds late March to early May 2016-2020 to establish their duration of control. RESULTS Early October sprays reduced adult emergence by as much as 81.5% in pistachios, but reduction was only 32.4% in almonds. Trapping before almond hull split revealed that 55% of adult emergence occurred between 15 April and 1 June, indicating that an insecticide with a six week duration of control could reduce successful oviposition and neonate establishment. Five insecticides applied from late March to early May belonging to four Insecticide Resistance Action Committee (IRAC) groups decreased survival for at least six weeks, and some lasted as long as 10 weeks. By contrast, the duration of control in contact bioassays was far shorter. CONCLUSION Insecticides applied from late March to early May successfully reduced the survival of A. transitella in almond mummies for as long as 10 weeks postapplication, and there was a positive relationship between reduction in survival and kernel damage. If these insecticides are applied during mid- to late April, postbloom and before hull split, they can substantially eliminate almond mummies as a resource for 55% of the spring flight of A. transitella.
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- Joel P Siegel
- USDA Agricultural Research Service, San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Sciences Center, Parlier, CA, USA
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Daane KM, da Silva PG, Stahl JM, Scaccini D, Wang X. Comparative Life History Parameters of Three Stink Bug Pest Species. Environ Entomol 2022; 51:430-439. [PMID: 35298591 DOI: 10.1093/ee/nvac012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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California pistachios are threatened by several stink bug species (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), including the native Thyanta pallidovirens (Stål) and Chlorochroa uhleri (Stål), as well as the invasive Nezara viridula (L.). In pistachio, control tactics often target specific life stages, which makes knowledge about life histories fundamental to successful IPM programs. For that purpose, life history parameters of these stink bug species were assessed. Nymphal development and survivorship at seven constant temperatures, upper and lower development thresholds, thermal constants, adult longevity and fecundity, and life table parameters were evaluated. No species completed development at 15°C or 35°C. For N. viridula, egg to adult development was fastest at 30°C, whereas for T. pallidovirens there was no significant difference between 27.5 and 30°C and C. uhleri development was similar between 25 and 30°C. Egg to adult survival was highest at 22.5°C and 27.5°C. The thermal requirements as degree-days (DD) to complete immature development were estimated to be 714.3, 370.4, and 434.8 for C. uhleri, T. pallidovirens, and N. viridula, respectively. For C. uhleri, life table calculations produced a value of 56.7 d for mean generation time (To), 24.89 for net reproductive rate (Ro) and 0.057 for the intrinsic rate of increase (r). Thyanta pallidovirens had a To of 39.9 d, a Ro of 81.10 and a r of 0.11. The results are discussed with respect to the improvement of IPM in California pistachios, and the information presented may contribute to the control of these pest species in other ecosystems.
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- Kent M Daane
- Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
- Department of Life and Earth Sciences, College of Marin, Kentfield, CA 94904, USA
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- Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals and Environment, University of Padova, Legnaro, Padova, Italy
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- USDA Agricultural Research Service, Beneficial Insects Introduction Research Unit, Newark, DE 19713, USA
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Fregapane G, Cabezas Fernández C, Salvador MD. Emulsion and Microemulsion Systems to Improve Functional Edible Oils Enriched with Walnut and Pistachio Phenolic Extracts. Foods 2022; 11:1210. [PMID: 35563934 DOI: 10.3390/foods11091210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2022] [Revised: 04/13/2022] [Accepted: 04/20/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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The purpose of this research was to improve the properties of functional edible oils with potential health promoting effects, enriched with phenolic-rich extracts obtained from pistachio and walnut (5.1 and 27.4% phenolic contents respectively), by means of emulsion and micro emulsion systems. Stable water-in-oil (W/O) emulsions were obtained employing polyglycerol polyrhizinoleate (PGPR) as emulsifier (0.5, 2% H2O in oil), despite having a whitish and opaque appearance; transparent and stable microemulsions were prepared using proper proportion (e.g., 97:3) between the oily phase and the mixture of aqueous phase and emulsifiers (3:2 lecithin-distilled monoglycerides (DMG). Total polar phenolics contents ranging between 257 and 835 mg/kg were obtained in the novel functional edible oils' formulations, reaching higher content using walnut as compared to pistachio extracts. Antioxidant capacity determined by the 2,2-diphenyl-1-(2,4,6-trinitrophenyl)hydrazyl (DPPH) method increased approx. 7.5 and 1.5 times using walnut and pistachio extracts respectively. An emulsion using gallic acid and a microemulsion employing hydroxytyrosol, two well-known antioxidants, were also studied to compare antioxidant capacity of the proposed enriched oils. Furthermore, the oxidative stability of these products-very relevant to establish their commercial value-was measured under accelerated testing conditions employing the Rancimat equipment (100 °C) and performing an oven test (at 40 °C for walnut oils and 60 °C for pistachio and refined olive oils). Rancimat oxidative stability greatly increased and better results were obtained with walnut (2-3 times higher) as compared to pistachio extract enriched oils (1.5-2 times higher). On the contrary, under the oven test conditions, both the initial oxidation rate constant and the time required to reach a value of peroxide value equal to 15 (upper commercial category limit), indicated that under these assay conditions the protection against oxidation is higher using pistachio extract (2-4 times higher) than walnut's (1.5-2 times higher). Stable emulsions and transparent microemulsions phenolic-rich nut oils (250-800 mg/kg) were therefore developed, possessing a higher oxidative stability (1.5-4 times) and DPPH antioxidant capacity (1.5-7.5 times).
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Gusella G, Lawrence DP, Aiello D, Luo Y, Polizzi G, Michailides TJ. Etiology of Botryosphaeria Panicle and Shoot Blight of Pistachio ( Pistacia vera) Caused by Botryosphaeriaceae in Italy. Plant Dis 2022; 106:1192-1202. [PMID: 34752130 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-08-21-1672-re] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Pistachio (Pistacia vera) is an important crop in Italy, traditionally cultivated in Sicily (southern Italy) for several decades now. In recent years, new orchards have been planted in new areas of the island. Field surveys conducted in 2019 revealed the presence of symptomatic trees showing shoot dieback, cankers, fruit spots, and leaf lesions. Isolations from symptomatic samples consistently yielded fungal species in the Botryosphaeriaceae family. Identification of collected isolates was conducted using morphological and molecular analyses. Morphological characterization was based on conidia measurements of representative isolates and also effects of temperatures on mycelial growth was evaluated. DNA data derived from sequencing the ITS, tef1-α, and tub2 gene regions were analyzed via phylogenetic analyses (maximum parsimony and maximum likelihood). Results of the analyses confirmed the identity of Botryosphaeria dothidea, Neofusicoccum hellenicum, and N. mediterraneum. Pathogenicity tests were conducted on detached twigs and in the fields both on shoots as well as on fruit clusters using the mycelial plug technique. The inoculation experiments revealed that among the Botryosphaeriaceae species identified in this study N. hellenicum (occasionally detected) and N. mediterraneum were the most aggressive based on lesion length on shoots and fruits. N. mediterraneum was the most widespread among the orchards while B. dothidea can be considered a minor pathogen involved in this complex disease of pistachio. Moreover, to our knowledge, this is the first report of N. hellenicum in Italy.
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- Giorgio Gusella
- Dipartimento di Agricoltura, Alimentazione e Ambiente, Sezione di Patologia vegetale, University of Catania, Catania, 95123, Italy
- Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis, Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center, Parlier, CA 93648, U.S.A
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616, U.S.A
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- Dipartimento di Agricoltura, Alimentazione e Ambiente, Sezione di Patologia vegetale, University of Catania, Catania, 95123, Italy
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis, Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center, Parlier, CA 93648, U.S.A
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- Dipartimento di Agricoltura, Alimentazione e Ambiente, Sezione di Patologia vegetale, University of Catania, Catania, 95123, Italy
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis, Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center, Parlier, CA 93648, U.S.A
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Shekari Mahoonaki F, Mahdikhani Moghadam E, Zakiaghl M, Pedram M. Penetration and Development of Meloidogyne Javanica on Four Pistachio Rootstocks and their Defense Responses. J Nematol 2022; 54:20220056. [PMID: 36879951 DOI: 10.2478/jofnem-2022-0056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2022] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Pistachio yield is annually reduced due to root-knot nematode infections. In order to evaluate its resistance to Meloidogyne javanica, three domestic pistachio rootstocks, namely, Badami, Ghazvini and Sarakhs, and a wild pistachio, Baneh (Pistacia atlantica subsp. mutica), were selected. Their response to the nematode infection was evaluated based on different plant and nematode indexes, 120 days post-inoculation (dpi). The penetration and development rate of nematode in roots of these four pistachio rootstocks were evaluated at different time points by acid fuchsin staining. Based on the measured indexes, Badami, Ghazvini, Sarakhs, and Baneh rootstocks ranked as susceptible, moderately resistant, moderately resistant, and resistant, respectively. The penetration rate of second-stage nematode juveniles (J2) into four rootstocks was discussed. The first "midstage" or swollen juveniles appeared at 4 dpi but to a lesser extent in Ghazvini, Sarakhs, and Baneh cultivars. The first females were seen in Badami at 21 dpi, in Ghazvini and Sarakhs at 35 dpi, and in Baneh at 45 dpi. Three types of defense responses were distinguished and characterized in the examined pistachio rootstocks: (i) a hypersensitive response (HR)-like reaction in the cortex in Ghazvini, Sarakhs, and Baneh root tips at 4 dpi and 6 dpi; (ii) an HR response, degrading J2 which induce giant cells in the vascular cylinder of all rootstocks, at 6 dpi and 10 dpi; and (iii) an HR response, degrading females and giant cells in the vascular cylinder of all rootstocks at 15 dpi onward. These observations open new fields of study in breeding programs of this crop.
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Foligni R, Mannozzi C, Ismaiel L, Capelli F, Laurita R, Tappi S, Dalla Rosa M, Mozzon M. Impact of Cold Atmospheric Plasma (CAP) Treatments on the Oxidation of Pistachio Kernel Lipids. Foods 2022; 11:foods11030419. [PMID: 35159569 PMCID: PMC8834114 DOI: 10.3390/foods11030419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2021] [Revised: 01/18/2022] [Accepted: 01/22/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Cold atmospheric plasma (CAP) is a non-thermal technology that could be applied for food decontamination from both biological (microorganisms) and chemical (pesticides, food allergens, mycotoxins) contaminants, thanks to the production of reactive species (RS). However, RS could also promote the onset and the progress of food lipid oxidation, which may limit the quality and acceptability of the final products. The aim of this work was to assess the oxidation degree of pistachio kernels after treatment in a surface dielectric barrier discharge (SDBD). Two different operative conditions for CAP generation were investigated, resulting in the production of high (800 ppm) or low (300 ppm) concentrations of ozone. Limited amounts of hydroperoxides (3.00–4.22 mEq O2/kg), thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS, 0.072–0.600 mg TEP/g oil), and phytosterol oxidation products (POPs, 14.43–17.20 μg/g) were observed in lipids of both control and plasma processed pistachios. Plasma treatments did not significantly affect the total fatty acid composition and the amounts of identified unsaponifiable matter constituents (4-desmethylsterols, 4,4-dimethylsterols, 4-methylsterols), except for an unexpected significant increase of γ-tocopherol content in extracted oils. These findings contribute to gaining further knowledge for the scale-up of CAP technology to industrial processing.
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- Roberta Foligni
- Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences (D3A), Università Politecnica delle Marche, Via Brecce Bianche 10, 60131 Ancona, Italy; (R.F.); (L.I.)
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences (D3A), Università Politecnica delle Marche, Via Brecce Bianche 10, 60131 Ancona, Italy; (R.F.); (L.I.)
- Correspondence: (C.M.); (M.M.); Tel.: +39-071-2204010 (C.M.); Tel.: +39-071-2204926 (M.M.)
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences (D3A), Università Politecnica delle Marche, Via Brecce Bianche 10, 60131 Ancona, Italy; (R.F.); (L.I.)
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- Department of Industrial Engineering (DIN), University of Bologna, Via Terracini 24, 40131 Bologna, Italy; (F.C.); (R.L.)
- AlmaPlasma s.r.l., Viale G. Fanin 48, 40127 Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Industrial Engineering (DIN), University of Bologna, Via Terracini 24, 40131 Bologna, Italy; (F.C.); (R.L.)
- Interdepartmental Centre for Industrial Research Health Sciences and Technologies, Alma Mater Studiorum-University of Bologna, Via Zamboni 33, 40136 Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences (DISTAL), University of Bologna, Piazza Goidanich 60, 47521 Cesena, Italy; (S.T.); (M.D.R.)
- Interdepartmental Centre for Industrial Agrofood Research (CIRI Agrofood), University of Bologna, Via Quinto Bucci 336, 47521 Cesena, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences (DISTAL), University of Bologna, Piazza Goidanich 60, 47521 Cesena, Italy; (S.T.); (M.D.R.)
- Interdepartmental Centre for Industrial Agrofood Research (CIRI Agrofood), University of Bologna, Via Quinto Bucci 336, 47521 Cesena, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences (D3A), Università Politecnica delle Marche, Via Brecce Bianche 10, 60131 Ancona, Italy; (R.F.); (L.I.)
- Correspondence: (C.M.); (M.M.); Tel.: +39-071-2204010 (C.M.); Tel.: +39-071-2204926 (M.M.)
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Mandalari G, Barreca D, Gervasi T, Roussell MA, Klein B, Feeney MJ, Carughi A. Pistachio Nuts ( Pistacia vera L.): Production, Nutrients, Bioactives and Novel Health Effects. Plants (Basel) 2021; 11:plants11010018. [PMID: 35009022 PMCID: PMC8747606 DOI: 10.3390/plants11010018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2021] [Revised: 12/13/2021] [Accepted: 12/14/2021] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Epidemiological and clinical studies have indicated positive outcomes related to tree nut consumption. Here, we review the production, nutrient, phytochemical composition and emerging research trends on the health benefits of pistachio nuts (Pistacia vera L.). Pistachios are a good source of protein, fiber, monounsaturated fatty acids, minerals and vitamins, as well as carotenoids, phenolic acids, flavonoids and anthocyanins. Polyphenols in pistachios are important contributors to the antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effect, as demonstrated in vitro and in vivo through animal studies and clinical trials. The antimicrobial and antiviral potential of pistachio polyphenols has also been assessed and could help overcome drug resistance. Pistachio consumption may play a role in cognitive function and has been associated with a positive modulation of the human gut microbiota and beneficial effects on skin health. Pistachio polyphenol extracts may affect enzymes involved in glucose regulation and so type 2 diabetes. Taken together, these data demonstrate the health benefits of including pistachios in the diet. Further studies are required to investigate the mechanisms involved.
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- Giuseppina Mandalari
- Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Science, University of Messina, 98166 Messina, Italy;
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- Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Science, University of Messina, 98166 Messina, Italy;
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- Department of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morphofunctional Imaging, University of Messina, 98125 Messina, Italy;
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- California Pistachio Research Board, Fresno, CA 93727, USA;
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- Consultant to the Food and Agriculture Industries, Los Altos Hills, CA 94024, USA;
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Sheikhi L, Karandish M, Latifi SM, Davoudi I. Comparison of the Effect of Milk and Pistachio Snacks on Anthropometric Indices in Overweight or Obese Women: A Randomized Crossover Trial. Int J Prev Med 2021; 12:130. [PMID: 34912506 PMCID: PMC8631137 DOI: 10.4103/ijpvm.ijpvm_420_19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2019] [Accepted: 02/01/2020] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Background Weight management is the key to prevent and treat the adverse consequences of overweight and obesity. The aim of this study was to compare the effect of consuming milk and pistachio snacks on anthropometric indices in overweight or obese women. Methods In this randomized crossover trial, 60 overweight or obese women with a mean age of 24 ± 4.2 years were randomly divided into two groups. Women in the milk group received 200 mL/day low-fat milk while women in the other group received 30 g/day pistachio for 4 weeks. After a 6-day washout period, the participants received a similar intervention in a crossover manner. Results Out of the total 60 participants, 52 completed the study. At the end of the study, the weight of women in the milk group significantly decreased (70.8 ± 8.4 vs. 69.9 ± 8.3, P value = 0.001). No statistically significant changes were observed in the weight of participants in the pistachio group (70.3 ± 8.4 vs. 70.6 ± 8.3, P value = 0.06). Further analyses showed a slightly significant beneficial effect on waist circumference (WC) (P-value =0.068) and body mass index (BMI) in the milk group P value = 0.01). Conclusions Based on the observed positive effects of milk intake on weight loss in this crossover study, milk consumption may be considered an appropriate snack in weight loss programs in overweight or obese women.
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- Leila Sheikhi
- Department of Nutrition, School of Allied Medical Science and Student Research Committee, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
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- Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases Research Center, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
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- Diabetes Research Center, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
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- Department of Psychology, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran
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Vahdati K, Sarikhani S, Arab MM, Leslie CA, Dandekar AM, Aletà N, Bielsa B, Gradziel TM, Montesinos Á, Rubio-Cabetas MJ, Sideli GM, Serdar Ü, Akyüz B, Beccaro GL, Donno D, Rovira M, Ferguson L, Akbari M, Sheikhi A, Sestras AF, Kafkas S, Paizila A, Roozban MR, Kaur A, Panta S, Zhang L, Sestras RE, Mehlenbacher SA. Advances in Rootstock Breeding of Nut Trees: Objectives and Strategies. Plants (Basel) 2021; 10:plants10112234. [PMID: 34834597 PMCID: PMC8623031 DOI: 10.3390/plants10112234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2021] [Revised: 10/06/2021] [Accepted: 10/15/2021] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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The production and consumption of nuts are increasing in the world due to strong economic returns and the nutritional value of their products. With the increasing role and importance given to nuts (i.e., walnuts, hazelnut, pistachio, pecan, almond) in a balanced and healthy diet and their benefits to human health, breeding of the nuts species has also been stepped up. Most recent fruit breeding programs have focused on scion genetic improvement. However, the use of locally adapted grafted rootstocks also enhanced the productivity and quality of tree fruit crops. Grafting is an ancient horticultural practice used in nut crops to manipulate scion phenotype and productivity and overcome biotic and abiotic stresses. There are complex rootstock breeding objectives and physiological and molecular aspects of rootstock-scion interactions in nut crops. In this review, we provide an overview of these, considering the mechanisms involved in nutrient and water uptake, regulation of phytohormones, and rootstock influences on the scion molecular processes, including long-distance gene silencing and trans-grafting. Understanding the mechanisms resulting from rootstock × scion × environmental interactions will contribute to developing new rootstocks with resilience in the face of climate change, but also of the multitude of diseases and pests.
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- Kourosh Vahdati
- Department of Horticulture, College of Aburaihan, University of Tehran, Tehran 3391653755, Iran; (S.S.); (M.M.A.); (M.R.R.)
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- Department of Horticulture, College of Aburaihan, University of Tehran, Tehran 3391653755, Iran; (S.S.); (M.M.A.); (M.R.R.)
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- Department of Horticulture, College of Aburaihan, University of Tehran, Tehran 3391653755, Iran; (S.S.); (M.M.A.); (M.R.R.)
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of California Davis, One Shields, Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA; (C.A.L.); (A.M.D.); (T.M.G.); (G.M.S.); (L.F.)
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of California Davis, One Shields, Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA; (C.A.L.); (A.M.D.); (T.M.G.); (G.M.S.); (L.F.)
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- Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentàries, IRTA Fruit Production, Torre Marimon, 08140 Caldes de Montbui, Spain;
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- Unidad de Hortofruticultura, Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria de Aragón, Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón-IA2 (CITA-Universidad de Zaragoza), Av. Montañana 930, 50059 Zaragoza, Spain; (B.B.); (Á.M.); (M.J.R.-C.)
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of California Davis, One Shields, Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA; (C.A.L.); (A.M.D.); (T.M.G.); (G.M.S.); (L.F.)
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- Unidad de Hortofruticultura, Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria de Aragón, Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón-IA2 (CITA-Universidad de Zaragoza), Av. Montañana 930, 50059 Zaragoza, Spain; (B.B.); (Á.M.); (M.J.R.-C.)
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- Unidad de Hortofruticultura, Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria de Aragón, Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón-IA2 (CITA-Universidad de Zaragoza), Av. Montañana 930, 50059 Zaragoza, Spain; (B.B.); (Á.M.); (M.J.R.-C.)
- Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón–IA2 (CITA-Universidad de Zaragoza), 50059 Zaragoza, Spain
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of California Davis, One Shields, Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA; (C.A.L.); (A.M.D.); (T.M.G.); (G.M.S.); (L.F.)
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- Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Ondokuz Mayıs University, Samsun 55139, Turkey; (Ü.S.); (B.A.)
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- Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Ondokuz Mayıs University, Samsun 55139, Turkey; (Ü.S.); (B.A.)
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- Department of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences, University of Torino, 10124 Torino, Italy; (G.L.B.); (D.D.)
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- Department of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences, University of Torino, 10124 Torino, Italy; (G.L.B.); (D.D.)
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- Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentàries, IRTA Fruit Production, Mas Bové, Ctra. Reus-El Morell, Km. 3.8, 43120 Constantí, Spain;
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of California Davis, One Shields, Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA; (C.A.L.); (A.M.D.); (T.M.G.); (G.M.S.); (L.F.)
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- Department of Horticultural Sciences, College of Agriculture, Vali-e-Asr University of Rafsanjan, Rafsanjan 7718897111, Iran;
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- Faculty of Horticulture, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, 400372 Cluj-Napoca, Romania;
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- Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Cukurova University, Adana 01380, Turkey; (S.K.); (A.P.)
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- Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Cukurova University, Adana 01380, Turkey; (S.K.); (A.P.)
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- Department of Horticulture, College of Aburaihan, University of Tehran, Tehran 3391653755, Iran; (S.S.); (M.M.A.); (M.R.R.)
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- Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA; (A.K.); (S.P.); (L.Z.)
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- Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA; (A.K.); (S.P.); (L.Z.)
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- Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA; (A.K.); (S.P.); (L.Z.)
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- Faculty of Horticulture, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, 400372 Cluj-Napoca, Romania;
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Stahl JM, Scaccini D, Daane KM. Field Survival of the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Halyomorpha halys (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) on California Tree Crops. Environ Entomol 2021; 50:1187-1193. [PMID: 34175919 DOI: 10.1093/ee/nvab055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Halyomorpha halys (Stål) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) is a polyphagous insect pest that has invaded much of the United States, including California. Despite model predictions that regions in California like the agriculturally important Central Valley are suitable, H. halys populations and the occurring crop damage are distinctly lower than in regions of the East Coast. To evaluate if this is due to low nymphal survival in the high temperature and intensive monoculture environment, H. halys nymphs were caged on four common Central Valley tree crops: almond, pistachio, peach, and grape, and compared to the well-established almond and pistachio pest Leptoglossus zonatus (Dallas) (Hemiptera: Coreidae). Nymphal development showed that peach, almond, and pistachio can sustain H. halys as single host plants until adult eclosion, whereas grapes cannot. The addition of fruiting structures of almond, pistachio, and grape to H. halys caged on peach trees (= mixed diet) did not increase nymphal survival but did increase adult female size. Leptoglossus zonatus survival was higher than H. halys on pistachio, but not on the other crops. Overall, H. halys nymphal mortality in the field was high, with 92% in the mixed diet compared to 73% in the mixed diet control in the laboratory, indicating abiotic population pressures. Our results confirm peach as a good H. halys host plant and suggest that almond has a similar suitability, and while pistachios can support H. halys nymphal development, they seem less likely to facilitate population growth.
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- Judith M Stahl
- Department of Environmental Science, Policy, & Management, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals and Environment, University of Padova, Legnaro, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Environmental Science, Policy, & Management, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
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Amico Roxas A, Orozco J, Guzmán-Delgado P, Zwieniecki MA. Spring phenology is affected by fall non-structural carbohydrate concentration and winter sugar redistribution in three Mediterranean nut tree species. Tree Physiol 2021; 41:1425-1438. [PMID: 34383074 DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpab014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2020] [Accepted: 01/26/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Deciduous trees mostly rely on non-structural carbohydrates (NSC-soluble carbohydrates and starch) stored prior to dormancy to sustain both spring bloom and the initial phase of spring growth prior to the transition of leaves from sink to source. Winter management of NSC, their loss due to respiration, reallocation patterns and remobilization during spring, seems to be key to a timely and synchronous bloom. To assess tree dependence on NSC during dormancy, we tested whether the interruption of local branch NSC accumulation prior to dormancy by defoliation and the interruption of NSC translocation by phloem girdling influence spring phenology in three major deciduous Mediterranean nut crop species: Prunus dulcis (Mill.) D.A Webb, a hybrid between Pistacia integerrima (J. L. Stewart ex Brandis) and P. atlantica Desf. (referred to as P. integerrima), and Juglans regia L. Defoliation treatments had different effects on NSC concentration in different species depending on the time of application. However, despite the significant initial impact (increase or decrease of NSC concentration), with time this impact diminished resulting in overall similar concentrations between control and defoliated branches suggesting the presence of NSC reallocation during dormancy. Phloem girdling in P. dulcis and P. integerrima resulted in reduced export activity and greater NSC concentrations, while in J. regia girdling resulted in lower NSC concentrations, indicating that this species requires a net import of NSC during dormancy. Bud break was distinctly delayed by both defoliation and phloem girdling in all the three species, providing evidence of the significant roles that fall NSC accumulation and winter NSC management play in priming trees for spring growth resumption.
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- Adele Amico Roxas
- Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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Fernández-Pacheco P, García-Béjar B, Jiménez-Del Castillo M, Carreño-Domínguez J, Briones Pérez A, Arévalo-Villena M. Potential probiotic and food protection role of wild yeasts isolated from pistachio fruits (Pistacia vera). J Sci Food Agric 2021; 101:2201-2209. [PMID: 32978783 DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.10839] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2020] [Revised: 09/18/2020] [Accepted: 09/23/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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BACKGROUND The biotechnological potential of yeasts from nuts such as pistachio, not only for health applications but also for industry use, has been scarcely studied. Interest in the probiotic capability of yeasts has increased in the past years as well as their utilization as food or feed preservatives. Their capabilities as biocontrol against problematic (spoilage or toxigenic) microorganisms or as antioxidants have been revalued. As a result, both abilities would be desirable to develop a new potential probiotic microorganism which could be added to food or feed to improve their properties. RESULTS Molecular techniques allowed the identification of a total of seven different species and 15 strains. A screening of the probiotic potential of these strains was carried out. It was found that 65% of the strains resisted the gastrointestinal conditions as well as presented a generation time of < 22 h. Additionally, some strains showed better kinetic parameters than Saccharomyces boulardii (positive control). Complementary tests were done to determine their auto-aggregation capacity, cell surface hydrophobicity, behaviour in a sequential simulated digestion, biofilm formation capability and carbon source assimilation. Finally, 67% and 13% of the studied yeasts showed biocontrol and antioxidant activities, respectively. CONCLUSIONS Diutina rugosa 14 followed by Diutina rugosa 8 were the best wild yeast from Pistacia vera as potential probiotic and in carbon source utilization. However, Hanseniaspora guilliermondii 6 and Aureobasidium proteae 5 could be used to improve food or feed product preservation because of their notable biocontrol and antioxidant capabilities. © 2020 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Pilar Fernández-Pacheco
- Analytical Chemistry and Food Technology Department/Faculty of Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Castilla-La Mancha University, Toledo, Spain
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- Analytical Chemistry and Food Technology Department/Faculty of Chemical Sciences and Technologies, Castilla-La Mancha University, Ciudad Real, Spain
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- Analytical Chemistry and Food Technology Department/Faculty of Chemical Sciences and Technologies, Castilla-La Mancha University, Ciudad Real, Spain
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- Analytical Chemistry and Food Technology Department/Faculty of Chemical Sciences and Technologies, Castilla-La Mancha University, Ciudad Real, Spain
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- Analytical Chemistry and Food Technology Department/Faculty of Chemical Sciences and Technologies, Castilla-La Mancha University, Ciudad Real, Spain
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- Analytical Chemistry and Food Technology Department/Faculty of Chemical Sciences and Technologies, Castilla-La Mancha University, Ciudad Real, Spain
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Van Steenwyk RA, Siegel JP, Bisabri B, Cabuslay CS, Choi JM, Steggall JW, Mace KC, Blecker SW, Poe PA, Peters-Collaer SR, Klassen P. Spray drift mitigation using opposing synchronized air-blast sprayers. Pest Manag Sci 2021; 77:895-905. [PMID: 32949089 DOI: 10.1002/ps.6094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2020] [Revised: 08/18/2020] [Accepted: 09/19/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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BACKGROUND Pesticide drift is a serious environmental and safety concern that affects all of US agriculture. A number of mitigation techniques to reduce pesticide drift have been recommended by industry, academic and government agencies. These techniques are very costly or reduce the efficacy of the pest control product and have not been implemented by US agriculture. RESULTS When using a novel spray technique (Air-in), pesticide drift was significantly reduced by between 53% and 99% at 7.6 m from the orchard drip line when compared to the grower standard. This technique not only reduced pesticide drift, but also maintained or improved the amount of pesticide residue deposited (by 0.7-2.6-fold) and the percentage pesticide coverage (by 1.0-1.4-fold) with different air-blast speed sprayers on almond, walnut and pistachio. CONCLUSION The Air-in technique shows great promise in reducing pesticide drift while maintaining or improving pesticide coverage with minimal cost to the grower.
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- Robert A Van Steenwyk
- Department of Environmental Science Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Environmental Science Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Environmental Science Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Food and Agriculture, Sacramento, CA, USA
- Department of Land, Air, Water Resources, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Food and Agriculture, Sacramento, CA, USA
- Department of Agricultural Resource Economics, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Food and Agriculture, Sacramento, CA, USA
- Department of Agricultural Resource Economics, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Food and Agriculture, Sacramento, CA, USA
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- Department of Environmental Science Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
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Fyfe S, Smyth HE, Schirra HJ, Rychlik M, Sultanbawa Y. The Nutritional Potential of the Native Australian Green Plum ( Buchanania obovata) Compared to Other Anacardiaceae Fruit and Nuts. Front Nutr 2020; 7:600215. [PMID: 33392239 PMCID: PMC7772180 DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2020.600215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2020] [Accepted: 11/24/2020] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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The native Australian green plum (Buchanania obovata) is a small fruit that grows in the northern parts of the Northern Territory and Western Australia. The fruit belongs to the family Anacardiaceae, which includes the other agriculturally important fruit mangoes, pistachios and cashew nuts. The green plum is a favored species of fruit for the Aboriginal communities and an important bush food in the Northern Territory. To date, only minimal scientific studies have been performed on the green plum as a food. This review is about plant foods in the family Anacardiaceae and the key nutritional compounds that occur in these fruit and nuts. It looks at the more traditional nutrient profiles, some key health metabolites, allergens and anti-nutrients that occur, and the role these foods play in the health of populations. This provides a guide for future studies of the green plum to show what nutritional and anti-nutritional properties and compounds should be analyzed and if there are areas where future studies should focus. This review includes an update on studies and analysis of the green plum and how its nutritional properties give it potential as a food for diet diversification in Australia.
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- Selina Fyfe
- Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland, Coopers Plains, QLD, Australia
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- Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland, Coopers Plains, QLD, Australia
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- Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland, Coopers Plains, QLD, Australia
- Chair of Analytical Food Chemistry, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany
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- Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland, Coopers Plains, QLD, Australia
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Xia K, Yang T, An LY, Lin YY, Qi YX, Chen XZ, Sun DL. The relationship between pistachio (Pistacia vera L) intake and adiposity: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Medicine (Baltimore) 2020; 99:e21136. [PMID: 32846753 PMCID: PMC7447407 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000021136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The aim of the study was to conduct a systematic review to comprehensively evaluate the relationship between pistachio intake and obesity. METHODS We searched 6 databases and acquired parameters from randomized controlled trials regarding obesity, including body weight, body mass index (BMI), and waist circumference. A fixed-effect model was applied to the meta-analysis for the weighted mean difference (WMD) between a diet with pistachios and a control diet. RESULTS Eleven trials including a total of 1593 subjects met the inclusion criteria. Compared to the group on a control diet, the pistachio diet group showed lower BMI values (WMD: -0.18 kg/m; 95% confidence interval [CI]: -0.26, -0.11 kg/m; I = 29.8%) and no differences in body weight (WMD: -0.22 kg; 95% CI: -0.50, 0.07 kg; I = 0.0%) or waist circumference (WMD: 0.76 cm; 95% CI: -0.11, 1.63 cm; I = 7.0%). CONCLUSION A diet with pistachios reduced BMI and had no significant effects on body weight and waist circumference.
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- Ke Xia
- Yunnan Key Laboratory of Plant Reproductive Adaption and Evolutionary Ecology
- Laboratory of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yunnan University
- School of Ecology and Environmental Science, Yunnan University, Kunming
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University
- Research Center for Surgical Clinical Nutrition in Yun-Nan Province, Kunming, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University
- Research Center for Surgical Clinical Nutrition in Yun-Nan Province, Kunming, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University
- Research Center for Surgical Clinical Nutrition in Yun-Nan Province, Kunming, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University
- Research Center for Surgical Clinical Nutrition in Yun-Nan Province, Kunming, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University
- Research Center for Surgical Clinical Nutrition in Yun-Nan Province, Kunming, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University
- Research Center for Surgical Clinical Nutrition in Yun-Nan Province, Kunming, China
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Nuts hold prime significance throughout the world as they offer multiple health benefits owing to their highly nutritious profile. A number of scientific studies have demonstrated their actions against inflammation, oxidative damage, the aging process, as well as dementia or memory loss. However, only walnuts, followed by almonds, hazelnuts and pistachios, have shown promising results in empirical studies for memory improvements. So, the current review focuses on presenting hypotheses regarding anti-dementia property of nine different nuts: almond, walnut, pistachio, Brazil nut, peanut, pecans, cashew, hazelnut, and chestnut. The nutritious profile of nuts contains essential fats (mostly mono- and poly-unsaturated fatty acids), proteins (source for arginine, lysine and tryptophan), vitamins (riboflavin, folate, and various tocopherols), fibers, minerals (calcium, sodium, magnesium, phosphorus and potassium) and trace elements (copper, zinc, and selenium). Interestingly, the constituents of natural products, nuts being an excellent example, work synergistically and/or in a side-effect neutralizing manner. These latter properties can make nuts an alternate therapy for humankind to fight against memory loss.
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- Jamshed Arslan
- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Barrett Hodgson University, Karachi 74900, Pakistan
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- Department of Integrated Sciences and Mathematics, Dhanani School of Science and Engineering, Habib University, Karachi 75290, Pakistan
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- Atta-ur-Rahman School of Applied Bioscience, National University of Science and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan
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- King Fahd Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 80216, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.,Enzymoics; Novel Global Community Educational Foundation, 7 Peterlee Place, Hebersham, NSW 2770, Australia
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Creedon AC, Hung ES, Berry SE, Whelan K. Nuts and their Effect on Gut Microbiota, Gut Function and Symptoms in Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomised Controlled Trials. Nutrients 2020; 12:nu12082347. [PMID: 32781516 PMCID: PMC7468923 DOI: 10.3390/nu12082347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2020] [Revised: 07/27/2020] [Accepted: 08/01/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Nuts contain fibre, unsaturated fatty acids and polyphenols that may impact the composition of the gut microbiota and overall gut health. This study aimed to assess the impact of nuts on gut microbiota, gut function and gut symptoms via a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) in healthy adults. Eligible RCTs were identified by systematic searches of five electronic databases, hand searching of conference abstracts, clinical trials databases, back-searching reference lists and contact with key stakeholders. Eligible studies were RCTs administering tree nuts or peanuts in comparison to control, measuring any outcome related to faecal microbiota, function or symptoms. Two reviewers independently screened papers, performed data extraction and risk of bias assessment. Outcome data were synthesised as weighted mean difference (WMD) or standardised mean difference (SMD) using a random effects model. This review was registered on PROSPERO (CRD42019138169). Eight studies reporting nine RCTs were included, investigating almonds (n = 5), walnuts (n = 3) and pistachios (n = 1). Nut consumption significantly increased Clostridium (SMD: 0.40; 95% CI, 0.10, 0.71; p = 0.01), Dialister (SMD: 0.44; 95% CI, 0.13, 0.75; p = 0.005), Lachnospira (SMD: 0.33; 95% CI, 0.02, 0.64; p = 0.03) and Roseburia (SMD: 0.36; 95% CI, 0.10, 0.62; p = 0.006), and significantly decreased Parabacteroides (SMD: −0.31; 95% CI, −0.62, −0.00; p = 0.05). There was no effect of nuts on bacterial phyla, diversity or stool output. Further parallel design RCTs, powered to detect changes in faecal microbiota and incorporating functional and clinical outcomes, are needed.
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Pitre M, L’Hocine L, Achouri A, Blaquière M, Des Roches A. Immunoglobulin E-Binding Pattern of Canadian Peanut Allergic Children and Cross-Reactivity with Almond, Hazelnut and Pistachio. Biomolecules 2020; 10:E1091. [PMID: 32707944 PMCID: PMC7464554 DOI: 10.3390/biom10081091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2020] [Revised: 07/17/2020] [Accepted: 07/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Peanut allergic individuals can be both co-sensitized and co-allergic to peanut and tree nuts. At the moment, standard diagnostic approaches do not always allow differentiation between clinically relevant sensitization and nonsignificant cross-reactions, and the responsibility of each allergen remains unclear. The objective of this study was therefore to determine a peanut sensitization profile in a cohort of Canadian peanut allergic children and assess the immunoglobulin E (IgE) molecular cross-reactivity between peanut, almond, hazelnut and pistachio. The specific IgE (sIgE) levels of each patient serum were determined by ImmunoCAP, indirect ELISA and immunoblot to examine their sIgE-binding levels and profiles to peanut proteins. Reciprocal inhibition ELISA and immunoblotting were used to study sIgE cross-reactions between peanut and the selected tree nuts using an adjusted and representative serum pool of the nine allergic patients. The results showed that the prepared peanut and tree nut protein extracts allowed for the detection of the majority of peanut and selected tree nut known allergens. The reciprocal inhibition ELISA experiments showed limited sIgE cross-reactivities between peanut and the studied tree nuts, with peanut being most likely the sensitizing allergen and tree nuts the cross-reactive ones. In the case of hazelnut and pistachio, a coexisting primary sensitization to hazelnut and pistachio was also demonstrated in the serum pool. Reciprocal inhibition immunoblotting further revealed that storage proteins (2S albumin, 7S vicilin and 11S legumin) could possibly account for the observed IgE-cross-reactions between peanut and the studied tree nuts in this cohort of allergic individuals. It also demonstrated the importance of conformational epitopes in the exhibited cross-reactions.
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- Mélanie Pitre
- Saint-Hyacinthe Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 3600 Casavant Blvd. W. Saint-Hyacinthe, QC J2S 8E3, Canada; (M.P.); (A.A.)
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- Saint-Hyacinthe Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 3600 Casavant Blvd. W. Saint-Hyacinthe, QC J2S 8E3, Canada; (M.P.); (A.A.)
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- Saint-Hyacinthe Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 3600 Casavant Blvd. W. Saint-Hyacinthe, QC J2S 8E3, Canada; (M.P.); (A.A.)
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- Sherbrooke University Hospital Center, Hôtel-Dieu de Sherbrooke, Department of Pediatrics, 580 Bowen south, Sherbrooke, QC J1G 2E3, Canada;
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- Immunoallergy and Rheumatology Service Department of Pediatrics Medical School CHU Sainte-Justine Institution, 3175 Côte Sainte-Catherine, Montreal, QC H3T 1C5, Canada;
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Saba L, Clerc-Urmès I, Delahaye C, Chevillot E, Jarlot-Chevaux S, Dumond P, Schweitzer C, Divaret-Chauveau A. Predictive factors of allergy to pistachio in children allergic to cashew nut. Pediatr Allergy Immunol 2020; 31:506-514. [PMID: 32124486 DOI: 10.1111/pai.13238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2019] [Revised: 02/14/2020] [Accepted: 02/24/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND Cashew nut (CN) allergy prevalence has increased over the last few years. In children allergic to CN, complete avoidance of pistachio is usually recommended, but recent study showed that only one third of children allergic to CN were also allergic to pistachio. The aim of our study was to identify predictive factors of allergy to pistachio in children allergic to CN. METHODS All children who had a positive oral food challenge (OFC) to CN between November 2013 and October 2017 in the Paediatric Allergy Department of the University Hospital of Nancy were included. Logistic regression models were used to predict the probability of allergy to pistachio. RESULTS Among the 147 children included, tolerance or allergy to pistachio was known for 51. Out of these, 40 were allergic to pistachio (78.4%). Children allergic to pistachio had a larger weal size of skin prick test to CN (P = .01) and pistachio (P = .0007) and a lower reaction dose to CN (P < .0001). In multivariate analysis, only the reaction dose to CN was significantly associated with allergy to pistachio. Children with a low reaction dose to CN were significantly more at risk to have an allergy to pistachio (P = .01). CONCLUSION A low reaction dose to CN seems to be a predictive factor of allergy to pistachio in children allergic to CN. In order to limit unnecessary food eviction, a pistachio OFC should be performed in children having high reaction dose whatever the importance of the skin or the specific IgE sensitization to pistachio.
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- Lucile Saba
- Pediatric Allergy Department, Children's Hospital, University Hospital of Nancy, Vandoeuvre les Nancy, France
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- Clinical Research Support Facility PARC, UMDS, University Hospital of Nancy, Vandoeuvre les Nancy, France
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- Pediatric Allergy Department, Children's Hospital, University Hospital of Nancy, Vandoeuvre les Nancy, France
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- Pediatric Allergy Department, Children's Hospital, University Hospital of Nancy, Vandoeuvre les Nancy, France
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- Pediatric Allergy Department, Children's Hospital, University Hospital of Nancy, Vandoeuvre les Nancy, France
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- Pediatric Allergy Department, Children's Hospital, University Hospital of Nancy, Vandoeuvre les Nancy, France
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- Department of Pediatric Lung Function Testing, Children's Hospital, University Hospital of Nancy, Vandoeuvre les Nancy, France.,EA 3450 DevAH-Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lorraine, Vandoeuvre les Nancy, France
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- Pediatric Allergy Department, Children's Hospital, University Hospital of Nancy, Vandoeuvre les Nancy, France.,EA 3450 DevAH-Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lorraine, Vandoeuvre les Nancy, France.,UMR/CNRS 6249 Chrono-environnement, University of Franche Comté, Besançon, France
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Burks CS, Thomson DR. Factors Affecting Disruption of Navel Orangeworm (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) Using Aerosol Dispensers. J Econ Entomol 2020; 113:1290-1298. [PMID: 31971572 DOI: 10.1093/jee/toaa010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Mating disruption is used to help manage the navel orangeworm on approximately 200,000 ha of tree nut crops. Aerosol dispensers are the most common formulation, and all formulations use an incomplete pheromone blend consisting solely of (Z11,Z13)-hexadecadienal. Profile analysis (examination of capture and males in pheromone traps as a function of spatial density of dispensers) demonstrated a sharp drop of males captured with a very low density of dispensers, and then an approximately linear relationship between 90 and approaching 100% suppression. This near-linear portion of the profile includes both dispenser densities in which crop protection has been demonstrated, and densities in which it is unlikely. Suppression of males in pheromone traps was lost the next night after dispensers were removed, suggesting that the active ingredient was not persistent in the orchard environment. During most of the summer preharvest period, turning the dispensers off 1 or 2 h before the end of the predawn period of sexual activity provides the same amount of suppression of sexual communication as emission throughout the period of sexual activity. This suggests that encountering the pheromone from the mating disruption dispensers had a persistent effect on males. During the autumn postharvest period, only emission prior to midnight suppressed communication on nights on which the temperature fell below 19°C by midnight. These findings and the analysis will help manufacturers refine their offerings for mating disruption for this important California pest, and buyers of mating disruption to assess cost-effectiveness of competing offerings.
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- Charles S Burks
- USDA, Agricultural Research Service, San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Sciences Center, Parlier, CA
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Asadi S, Aalami M, Shoeibi S, Kashaninejad M, Ghorbani M, Delavar M. Effects of different roasting methods on formation of acrylamide in pistachio. Food Sci Nutr 2020; 8:2875-2881. [PMID: 32566205 PMCID: PMC7300066 DOI: 10.1002/fsn3.1588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2019] [Revised: 09/29/2019] [Accepted: 10/05/2019] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Drying and roasting are conventional processes in the nut industry. However, roasting as an important procedure in nuts manufacturing may cause some physicochemical changes in nuts. Acrylamide is one of these chemical compounds that is formed due to the roasting process. Acrylamide is known as a neurotoxicant, carcinogen, and reproductive toxicant. In this study, raw and salted pistachios were roasted under three conditions including hot-air, infrared (IR), and microwave methods. Then, 80 pistachio kernels were analyzed by ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography. The results showed that all samples contained different ranges of acrylamide between 57 ± 0.86 and 851 ± 2.8 μg/kg. Besides, raw pistachios and sun-dried pistachios also contained acrylamide, with the amount of 57 ± 0.86 and 93 ± 1.07 μg/kg, respectively. The highest acrylamide amount was found in raw pistachio (unsalted) roasted by IR method, while lower acrylamide amount observed in the microwave method. The amount of acrylamide in salted and roasted pistachios was less than just roasted pistachios under the same conditions. Finally, in all the treatments, increasing temperature, time, voltage, and power lead to an increase in acrylamide levels. The results showed that acrylamide in the roasted pistachios may cause health problems. This study presents a novel investigation in the effects of roasting conditions (temperature, power, voltage, and time) on acrylamide content in pistachios.
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- Sonia Asadi
- Department of Food Science and TechnologyGorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural ResourcesGorganIran
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- Department of Food Science and TechnologyGorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural ResourcesGorganIran
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- Food and Drug Laboratories Research CenterIRAN Food and Drug Administration (IFDA)TehranIran
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- Department of Food Process EngineeringGorgan University of Agricultural Science and Natural ResourcesGorganIran
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- Department of Food Science and TechnologyGorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural ResourcesGorganIran
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- Department of PharmacologyArak University of Medical ScienceArakIran
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Sen F, Uncu AO, Uncu AT, Erdeger SN. The trnL (UAA)-trnF (GAA) intergenic spacer is a robust marker of green pea (Pisum sativum L.) adulteration in economically valuable pistachio nuts (Pistacia vera L.). J Sci Food Agric 2020; 100:3056-3061. [PMID: 32077485 DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.10336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2020] [Revised: 02/13/2020] [Accepted: 02/19/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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BACKGROUND Pistachio (Pistacia vera L.) is an expensive culinary nut species; it is therefore susceptible to adulteration for economic profit. Green pea (Pisum sativum L.) kernels constitute the most common material used for adulterating chopped / ground pistachio nuts and pistachio paste. Food genomics enables the species composition of a food sample to be ascertained through DNA analysis. Accordingly, a barcode DNA genotyping approach was used to standardize a test method to identify green pea adulteration in pistachio nuts. RESULTS The trnL (UAA)-trnF (GAA) intergenic spacer in the plastid genome was the target analyte in the present study. The barcode locus displayed a significant, discriminatory size difference between pistachio and pea, with amplicon sizes of 449 and 179 bp, respectively. Polymerase chain reaction-capillary electrophoresis (PCR-CE) analysis of the intergenic spacer resulted in the successful identification of species composition in the in-house admixtures, which contained 5% to 30% of green pea. CONCLUSION The present work describes a fast and straightforward DNA test that identifies green pea adulteration in pistachio nuts without requiring a statistical data interpretation process. The plastid trnL (UAA)-trnF (GAA) intergenic spacer length widely varies among plant taxa, so the PCR-CE protocol that operates on the intergenic spacer holds the potential to reveal adulteration with a plethora of adulterants. The PCR-CE assay described in the present work can be adopted readily by food-quality laboratories in the public sector or the food industry as an easy and reliable method to analyze pistachio authenticity. © 2020 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Fatima Sen
- Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya, Turkey
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- Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya, Turkey
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Science, Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya, Turkey
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Science, Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya, Turkey
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Nuzzo D, Galizzi G, Amato A, Terzo S, Picone P, Cristaldi L, Mulè F, Di Carlo M. Regular Intake of Pistachio Mitigates the Deleterious Effects of a High Fat-Diet in the Brain of Obese Mice. Antioxidants (Basel) 2020; 9:E317. [PMID: 32326575 DOI: 10.3390/antiox9040317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2020] [Revised: 04/07/2020] [Accepted: 04/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Obesity has been associated with neurodegeneration and cognitive dysfunctions. Recent data showed that pistachio consumption is able to prevent and ameliorate dyslipidemia, hepatic steatosis, systemic and adipose tissue inflammation in mice fed a high-fat diet (HFD). The present study investigated the neuroprotective effects of pistachio intake in HFD mice. Three groups of mice were fed a standard diet (STD), HFD, or HFD supplemented with pistachio (HFD-P) for 16 weeks. Metabolic parameters (oxidative stress, apoptosis, and mitochondrial dysfunction) were analyzed by using specific assays and biomarkers. The pistachio diet significantly reduced the serum levels of triglycerides and cholesterol in the HFD model. No difference was observed in the index of insulin resistance between HFD and HFD-P. A higher number of fragmented nuclei were found in HFD cerebral cortex compared to STD and HFD-P. A decrease in reactive oxygen species, singlet oxygen and phosphorylated extracellular signal-regulated kinase, and an increase of superoxide dismutase 2 and heme oxygenase expression were found in the brains of the HFD-P samples compared to HFD. Furthermore, the impaired mitochondrial function found in HFD brain was partially recovered in HFD-P mice. These results suggest that the regular intake of pistachio may be useful in preventing obesity-related neurodegeneration, being able to reduce both metabolic and cellular dysfunctions.
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Vicente F, Sanchiz A, Rodríguez-Pérez R, Pedrosa M, Quirce S, Haddad J, Besombes C, Linacero R, Allaf K, Cuadrado C. Influence of Instant Controlled Pressure Drop (DIC) on Allergenic Potential of Tree Nuts. Molecules 2020; 25:molecules25071742. [PMID: 32290123 PMCID: PMC7180768 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25071742] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2020] [Revised: 04/01/2020] [Accepted: 04/09/2020] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Pistachio and cashew contain allergenic proteins, which causes them to be removed from the diet of allergic people. Previous studies have demonstrated that food processing (thermal and non-thermal) can produce structural and/or conformational changes in proteins by altering their allergenic capacity. In this study, the influence of instant controlled pressure drop (DIC) on pistachio and cashew allergenic capacity has been studied. Western blot was carried out using IgG anti-11S and anti-2S and IgE antibodies from sera of patients sensitized to pistachio and cashew. DIC processing causes changes in the electrophoretic pattern, reducing the number and intensity of protein bands, as the pressure and temperature treatment increment, which results in a remarkable decrease in detection of potentially allergenic proteins. The harshest conditions of DIC (7 bar, 120 s) markedly reduce the immunodetection of allergenic proteins, not only by using IgG (anti 11S and anti 2S) but also when IgE sera from sensitized patients were used for Western blots. Such immunodetection is more affected in pistachio than in cashew nuts, but is not completely removed. Therefore, cashew proteins are possibly more resistant than pistachio proteins. According these findings, instant controlled pressure drop (DIC) can be considered a suitable technique in order to obtain hypoallergenic tree nut flour to be used in the food industry.
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- Fatima Vicente
- Food Technology DepartmentSGIT-INIA, Ctra. La Coruña Km. 7.5, 28040 Madrid, Spain; (F.V.); (A.S.)
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- Food Technology DepartmentSGIT-INIA, Ctra. La Coruña Km. 7.5, 28040 Madrid, Spain; (F.V.); (A.S.)
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- Allergy Service, University Hospital La Paz, IdiPAZ, 28046 Madrid, Spain; (R.R.-P.); (M.P.); (S.Q.)
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- Allergy Service, University Hospital La Paz, IdiPAZ, 28046 Madrid, Spain; (R.R.-P.); (M.P.); (S.Q.)
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- Allergy Service, University Hospital La Paz, IdiPAZ, 28046 Madrid, Spain; (R.R.-P.); (M.P.); (S.Q.)
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- Laboratory Engineering Science for Environment (UMR 7356 CNRS), La Rochelle University, venue Michel Crepeau, 17042 La Rochelle, France; (J.H.); (C.B.); (K.A.)
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- Laboratory Engineering Science for Environment (UMR 7356 CNRS), La Rochelle University, venue Michel Crepeau, 17042 La Rochelle, France; (J.H.); (C.B.); (K.A.)
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- Genetics, Physiology and Microbiology Department, Biology Faculty, Complutense University, 28040 Madrid, Spain, 28040 Madrid, Spain;
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- Laboratory Engineering Science for Environment (UMR 7356 CNRS), La Rochelle University, venue Michel Crepeau, 17042 La Rochelle, France; (J.H.); (C.B.); (K.A.)
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- Food Technology DepartmentSGIT-INIA, Ctra. La Coruña Km. 7.5, 28040 Madrid, Spain; (F.V.); (A.S.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +34-91-347-6925
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Cuadrado C, Sanchiz A, Vicente F, Ballesteros I, Linacero R. Changes Induced by Pressure Processing on Immunoreactive Proteins of Tree Nuts. Molecules 2020; 25:E954. [PMID: 32093394 PMCID: PMC7070680 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25040954] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2020] [Revised: 02/18/2020] [Accepted: 02/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Tree nuts confer many health benefits due to their high content of vitamins and antioxidants, and they are increasingly consumed in the last few years. Food processing is an important industrial tool to modify allergenic properties of foods, in addition to ensuring safety and enhancing organoleptic characteristics. The effect of high pressure, without and with heating, on SDS-PAGE and immunodetection profile of potential allergenic proteins (anti-11S, anti-2S and anti-LTP) of pistachio, cashew, peanut, hazelnut, almond, and chestnut was investigated. Processing based on heat and/or pressure and ultra-high pressure (HHP, 300-600 MPa) without heating was applied. After treating the six tree nuts with pressure combined with heat, a progressive diminution of proteins with potential allergenic properties was observed. Moreover, some tree nuts proteins (pistachio, cashew, and peanut) seemed to be more resistant to technological processing than others (hazelnut and chestnut). High pressure combined with heating processing markedly reduce tree nut allergenic potential as the pressure and treatment time increases. HHP do not alter hazelnut and almond immunoreactivity.
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- Carmen Cuadrado
- Departamento de Tecnología de Alimentos, SGIT-INIA, Ctra. La Coruña Km. 7.5, 28040 Madrid, Spain; (A.S.); (F.V.)
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- Departamento de Tecnología de Alimentos, SGIT-INIA, Ctra. La Coruña Km. 7.5, 28040 Madrid, Spain; (A.S.); (F.V.)
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- Departamento de Tecnología de Alimentos, SGIT-INIA, Ctra. La Coruña Km. 7.5, 28040 Madrid, Spain; (A.S.); (F.V.)
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- Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias Aplicadas, Grupo de Investigación en Biotecnología Aplicada a Biomedicina (BIOMED), Universidad de Las Américas, 72819 Quito, Ecuador;
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- Departamento de Genética, Fisiología y Microbiología Facultad de Biología, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain;
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Mahdavi V, Garshasbi Z, Farimani MM, Farhadpour M, Aboul-Enein HY. Health risk assessment of neonicotinoid insecticide residues in pistachio using a QuEChERS-based method in combination with HPLC-UV. Biomed Chromatogr 2020; 34:e4747. [PMID: 31750961 DOI: 10.1002/bmc.4747] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2019] [Revised: 11/06/2019] [Accepted: 11/08/2019] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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There is an increasing need to address the potential risks arising from combined exposures to multiple residues from pesticides in the diet. Pesticide residue-related pollution is a problem that arises because of the increased use of pesticides in agriculture to meet the growing demands of food production. In this study, pesticide residue data were obtained based on an optimized extraction method. For this purpose, we established a method based on quick, easy, cheap, effective, rugged, and safe (QuEChERS) extraction for simultaneous determination of imidacloprid (IMI) and acetamiprid (ACT) in pistachio nuts. The parameters influencing the QuEChERS method were the sample-to-water ratio and adsorbent amounts. As a result, both were optimized to improve the recovery of the analytes as well as the clean-up efficiency of the pistachio matrix. Our results indicated that a freeze-out step and use of primary and secondary amines as an adsorbent led to much cleaner chromatograms with lower baseline drift, without using graphitized carbon black and C18 -based adsorbent, which reduced both cost and time of analysis. Following extraction, the pesticide residues were separated and quantified by reverse-phase HPLC. For validation purposes, recovery studies were carried out using a concentration range from 20 to 2500 μg/L at nine levels. The suitable linearity, precision, and accuracy were obtained with HPLC-UV with recoveries of 70.37%-89.80% for IMI and 81.05%-113.57% for ACT, with relative standard deviations <12%. The validated method was successfully applied to the analysis of pistachio samples collected from a field trial to estimate maximum residue limits. There was no significant health risk for consumers via pistachio consumption.
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- Vahideh Mahdavi
- Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Phytochemistry, Medicinal Plants and Drugs Research Institute, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Phytochemistry, Medicinal Plants and Drugs Research Institute, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
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- National Institute for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Tehran, Iran
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- Pharmaceutical and Drug Industries Research Division, Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry Department, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt
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Feng X, Liu H, Li Z, Carughi A, Ge S. Acute Effect of Pistachio Intake on Postprandial Glycemic and Gut Hormone Responses in Women With Gestational Diabetes or Gestational Impaired Glucose Tolerance: A Randomized, Controlled, Crossover Study. Front Nutr 2019; 6:186. [PMID: 31921879 PMCID: PMC6927994 DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2019.00186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2019] [Accepted: 11/28/2019] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Long-term consumption of pistachios could potentially improves glucose homeostasis. Impaired postprandial glucose, insulin, and glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) responses have been reported in gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) patients. The objective of this study was to evaluate the acute effects of two isocaloric test meals, 42 g pistachios and 100 g whole-wheat bread (WWB) on postprandial glucose, insulin, and gut derived incretin levels in Chinese women with gestational impaired glucose tolerance (GIGT) or GDM. Expected glucose and insulin responses were observed after WWB consumption. Isocaloric pistachio intake had minimal effect on blood glucose or insulin. In both GIGT and GDM patients, significant higher GLP-1 levels were observed at 90 and 120 min after pistachio compared to WWB intake. Significant lower gastric inhibitory polypeptide (GIP) levels were observed at 30 and 60 min in GDM patients or 120 min in GIGT patients after pistachio compared to WWB intake. In summary, isocaloric pistachio intake induced significantly lower postprandial glucose, insulin and GIP but higher GLP-1 levels compared to WWB. Our data suggest pistachios are effective alternative to a low-fat, high-carbohydrate food to improve postprandial glucose, insulin, and GLP-1 response in women with GDM and GIGT.
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- Xiaohui Feng
- Department of Clinical Nutrition, Shanghai Jiaotong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Clinical Nutrition, Shanghai Jiaotong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai, China
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- Center for Human Nutrition, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Department of Clinical Nutrition, Shanghai Jiaotong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai, China
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Jalali MA, Mehrnejad MR, Ellsworth PC. Inferring Biological Control Potential of Adult Predatory Coccinellids Using Life History Traits and Putative Habitat Preference. J Econ Entomol 2019; 112:2116-2120. [PMID: 31165138 DOI: 10.1093/jee/toz161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Aspects of the nutritional ecology and life histories of five predatory coccinellids (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)-two arboreal predator species, Oenopia conglobata contaminata (Menetries) and Adalia bipunctata (Linnaeus), and three herbaceous dwelling predator species, Coccinella undecimpunctata aegyptica (Reiche), Exochomus nigripennis (Erichson), and Hippodamia variegata (Goeze) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)-were compared when fed either Agonoscena pistaciae Burckhardt and Lauterer (Hemiptera: Aphalaridae), the key psylla pest of pistachio trees, or Aphis gossypii Glover (Hemiptera: Aphididae), a common aphid on herbaceous plants in pistachio orchards. The putative habitat preferences of four of the five coccinellids studied were consistent with their performance on the major herbivore present in those two habitats in terms of net reproductive rate. Oenopia conglobata contaminata and Ad. bipunctata showed higher net reproductive rates when fed on pistachio psylla prey, whereas C. undecimpunctata aegyptiaca and E. nigripennis had better reproductive output on aphid prey. Moreover, E. nigripennis was the most specialized of these generalist predators, eating more and reproducing better when fed aphids. Hippodamia variegata was relatively unaffected by the diet offered, suggesting greater ability to switch among herbivore prey and perhaps better potential as a biocontrol agent with abilities to exploit Ag. pistaciae without large life history tradeoffs.
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- M Amin Jalali
- Department of Crop Protection, College of Agriculture, Vali-e-Asr University of Rafsanjan, Rafsanjan, Iran
- Pistachio Safety Research Center, Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan, Iran
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- Department of Plant Protection, Pistachio Research Institute of Iran, Rafsanjan, Iran
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Sonmezdag AS, Kelebek H, Selli S. Elucidation of hulling-induced changes in the aroma and aroma-active compounds of cv. Uzun pistachio (Pistacia vera). J Sci Food Agric 2019; 99:4702-4711. [PMID: 30919982 DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.9711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2018] [Revised: 03/22/2019] [Accepted: 03/22/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to define the effects of the hulling process on the aroma and aroma-active composition of cv. Uzun pistachio. Four different hulling processes, namely wet, wet-dry, dry-dry and brine, were applied. In addition, solvent-assisted flavor evaporation (SAFE), simultaneous distillation/extraction (SDE) and purge and trap (P&T) extraction methods were also tested to obtain the best representative aroma extract. RESULTS The results revealed that the dry-dry hulling method was the most prominent according to the aroma and aroma-active compounds, and this was especially the case with terpene compounds. The method increased the content of terpenes, pyrazines and total aroma compounds. By application of aroma extract dilution analysis (AEDA), a total of 18 compounds were detected, of which 11 were identified for the first time in the fruit of pistachio. 2,3-Dimethylpyrazine, trimethylpyrazine and 2-ethyl-3,5-dimethylpyrazine were the compounds that had the highest flavour dilution factors. CONCLUSION In general, the results of the present research indicated that the hulling method highly affected the overall aroma structure of pistachios. The dry-dry hulling method is therefore suggested to manufacturers to obtain better pistachios with rich and high-quality aroma. © 2019 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Ahmet Salih Sonmezdag
- Department of Gastronomy and Culinary Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Gaziantep, Gaziantep, Turkey
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- Department of Food Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Adana Science and Technology University, Adana, Turkey
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- Department of Food Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Cukurova University, Adana, Turkey
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Godfrey JM, Ferguson L, Sanden BL, Tixier A, Sperling O, Grattan SR, Zwieniecki MA. Sodium interception by xylem parenchyma and chloride recirculation in phloem may augment exclusion in the salt tolerant Pistacia genus: context for salinity studies on tree crops. Tree Physiol 2019; 39:1484-1498. [PMID: 31095335 DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpz054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2018] [Revised: 04/01/2019] [Accepted: 05/02/2019] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Working in tandem with root exclusion, stems may provide salt-tolerant woody perennials with some additional capacity to restrict sodium (Na) and chloride (Cl) accumulation in leaves. The Pistacia genus, falling at the nexus of salt tolerance and human intervention, provided an ideal set of organisms for studying the influences of both variable root exclusion and potentially variable discontinuities at the bud union on stem processes. In three experiments covering a wide range of salt concentrations (0 to 150 mM NaCl) and tree ages (1, 2 and 10 years) as well as nine rootstock-scion combinations we show that proportional exclusion of both Na and Cl reached up to ~85% efficacy, but efficacy varied by both rootstock and budding treatment. Effective Na exclusion was augmented by significant retrieval of Na from the xylem sap, as evidenced by declines in the Na concentrations of both sap and wood tissue along the transpiration stream. However, while we observed little to no differences between the concentrations of the two ions in leaves, analogous declines in sap concentrations of Cl were not observed. We conclude that some parallel but separate mechanism must be acting on Cl to provide leaf protection from toxicity specific to this ion and suggest that this mechanism is recirculation of Cl in the phloem. The presented findings underline the importance of holistic assessments of salt tolerance in woody perennials. In particular, greater emphasis might be placed on the dynamics of salt sequestration in the significant storage volumes offered by the stems of woody perennials and on the potential for phloem discontinuity introduced with a bud/graft union.
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- Jessie M Godfrey
- Plant Sciences Department, University of California Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Plant Sciences Department, University of California Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Kern County Cooperative Extension, University of California, 1031 South Mount Vernon Avenue, Bakersfield, CA 93307, USA
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- Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), UMR1347 Agroécologie, Aubiere, France
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- Agricultural Research Organization (ARO), Gilat Center, Petah Tikva, Israel
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- Department of Land, Air and Water Resources, University of California Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Plant Sciences Department, University of California Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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