Nuts are part of a healthy diet such as Mediterranean diet. Benefits of nuts in reducing the risk of heart disease has been reasonably attributed to their composition of vitamins, minerals, unsaturated fatty acids, fiber and phytochemicals such as polyphenols, tocopherols, squalene and phytosterols. More than 75% of total fatty acids of nuts are unsaturated. αtocopherol is the main tocopherol i...

introduction:pistachio (pistaciavera l.) is a tasty nuts and a good source of nutrients. during the last decade, the worldwide trades of pistachio have increasing trend, likely reflecting on the increase in consumers demand for this nuts. the high oil and essential fatty acid contents of the pistachio kernel is important from a nutritional point of view. however, high unsaturated fatty acids co...

background: health is an important pillar of human life and the pistachio is among the nuts which have an impact on human health. the aim of this study was to review the effects of pistachios on human health. materials and methods: this was a review study. data were collected from pubmed and from among articles published from the year 2005 to 15 july 2015 using the keyword pistachio in combinat...

To evaluate the contamination risk of the improper storage of pistachio nuts was studied in the major location of Saudi Arabia by studying the fungi associated with non and salted pistachio nuts. The infection with Aspergillus flavus and A. niger and treatment of this infection with some abiotic factors , salting and fumigation with acetic acid on the invasion and colonization were also studed....

Introduction: Nuts contain numerous beneficial nutritive and bioactive compounds like fatty acids, dietary fibbers, micronutrients, and phytochemicals that have shown favourable lipid-altering activity. Aim: To study the effects of nut (Pistachio or Almonds) consumption on lipid profiles of hypercholesterolemic rats. Materials and Methods: One hundred and eighty (180) adult male Sprague-Dawley ...

Modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) was used to increase the shelf life of fresh in hull pistachio nuts (Pistacia vera L.), meeting the market demand for fresh high quality products. Fresh in hull pistachio nuts were stored at 5°C and three different gaseous conditions including 10% O2, 20% CO2 and 70% N2 (MAP1), 100% CO2 (MAP2) and ambient atmosphere for 42 days. The samples of 300 g of pistac...

pistachio nut (pistacia vera l.) is one of the most delicious and nutritious nuts in the world. in order to increase the added value of the pistachio nuts, it is necessary to develop new products to meet consumer needs. this is the first paper on pistachio halva. the product was developed using pistachio paste (as main ingredient), mixture of sugar-glucose, egg white and citric acid. the effect...