Pressurized liquid extraction (PLE) has been used for the extraction of beta-sitosterol from food samples. In the present work, extractions were performed by mixing ground samples with Hydromatrix celite with methanol at 50 degrees C and 110 bar, using two 5-min cycles. After extraction, beta-sitosterol was analyzed directly by liquid chromatography with diode array detection. The extraction re...

Background: Metabolic syndrome is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and  type 2 diabetes. The most important strategy for the prevention and management of metabolic syndrome is lifestyle and nutritional changes. The aim of this review study was to survey the role of pistachio in metabolic syndrome. Materials and Methods: Web of Science databases and Google Scholar were sear...

In this paper, the effect of infrared (IR) roasting conditions on Aflatoxins and total counts of two types of Iranian pistachio kernels, long and round, was studied. The optimized roasting conditions, 70 V for round pistachios and 90 V for long pistachios with 10 cm distance from IR source were used. Naturally Aflatoxin-contaminated kernels were supplied and roasted. Microbiological an...

Multidimensional Scaling analysis (MDS) and Multivariate of variance (MANOVA) are among the commonly used multivariate statistical methods. While MANOVA is to evaluate whether there statistically significant differences between mean vectors experimental groups in terms more than one independent variable; MDS both for dimension reduction classify individuals/variables according their differences...

Abstract Background Fresh in-hull pistachio fruits are very perishable and hence have a limited storage life, with marketers customers wishing for longer shelf life. The present research was performed to explore the combined effects of different packaging conditions (ambient atmospheric condition, passive- active-modified atmosphere packaging) as well chitosan coating (0, 1, 1.5%w/v) on posthar...