BACKGROUND The prevalence of IgE reactivity against genuine walnut and hazelnut allergens is poorly defined. OBJECTIVE The IgE response to walnut and hazelnut was investigated in Italian patients with primary allergy to these nuts. METHODS Sera from 36 patients allergic to hazelnut and/or walnut, not reactive to PR-10, profilin, and LTP, underwent immunoblot analysis with extracts of both n...

6 A system for removing shell pieces from hazelnut kernels using impact vibration analysis was developed 7 in which nuts are dropped onto a steel plate and the vibration signals are captured and analyzed. The 8 melcepstral feature parameters, line spectral frequency values, and Fourier-domain Lebesgue features were 9 extracted from the vibration signals. The best experimental results were obtai...

background: pistachio is a plant that has long been cultivated in different parts of iran. pistachios are very nutritious and contain vitamins e and b, flavonoids, antioxidants, and carotenoids. since the pistachio is effective in the treatment of some neurological disorders and is indigenous to iran and considering the substantial use of this nut, it is necessary to investigate its effects on ...

The oil from seeds of 4 pea nut (Arachis hypogaea L.) varieties: Golden, Bari 2000, Mongphalla, and Mongphalli 334 cultivated in arid zones, was subjected to the comparative evaluation of its physicochemical properties, fatty acid profile and antioxidant activity. Pea nut seeds were found to be a rich source of crude fat (45.09-51.63 g/100 g dry weight). The physicochemical properties of the oi...

The increased number of automobiles in recent years has resulted in great demand for fossil fuel. This has led to the development of automobile by using alternative fuels which include gaseous fuels, biofuels and vegetables oils as fuel. Energy from biomass and more specific bio-diesel is one of the opportunities that could cover the future demand of fossil fuel shortage. Biomass in the form of...

Some molecular and functional properties of albumin (83.6% protein), globulin (95.5% protein), glutelin (81.3% protein) as well as protein isolate (80.7% protein) from cashew nut were investigated. These proteins were subjected to molecular (circular dichroism, gel electrophoresis, scanning electron microscopy) and functional (solubility, emulsification, foaming, water/oil holding capacity) tes...

Currently, growing activities in the construction sector have resulted a rapid depletion of natural resources for building material production. On other hand, agricultural industries generate huge amount residues/by-products every year around world creating environmental concerns since most these residues are burnt or disposed to landfill. However, several current studies presented potential ap...

In the United States, California (CA) is the primary commercial producer of pistachio nuts, Pistacia vera L. (Anacardiaceae). The brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB), Halyomorpha halys (Stål) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), an invasive and polyphagous insect pest from Asia, has established in urban areas in several pistachio-growing counties in CA. Breeding BMSB populations have not been detected in c...

A simple, fast, reliable, and inexpensive chemical cleanup procedure was developed for quantitation of aflatoxins in major important agricultural commodities by liquid chromatography (LC). Aflatoxins were extracted from a ground sample with methanol-water (80 + 20, v/v), and after a single cleanup step on a minicolumn packed with basic aluminum oxide, they were quantitated by LC equipped with a...