Influence of genotype and crop year in the chemometrics of almond and pistachio oils.

BACKGROUND: Almond and pistachio oils can be considered as interesting products to produce and commercialize due to their health promoting properties. However, these properties are not consistent because of the differences that appear in oils as a result of the genotype and the crop year. The analysis of these variations and their origin is decisive […]

Argentinian pistachio oil and flour: a potential novel approach of pistachio nut utilization.

In order to searching a potential novel approach to pistachio utilization, the chemical and nutritional quality of oil and flour from natural, roasted, and salted roasted pistachios from Argentinian cultivars were evaluated. The pistachio oil has high contents of oleic and linoleic acid (53.5 – 55.3, 29 – 31.4 relative abundance, respectively), tocopherols (896 – […]

Biodiesel from Siberian apricot (Prunus sibirica L.) seed kernel oil

In this paper, Siberian apricot (Prunus sibirica L.) seed kernel oil was investigated for the first time as a promising non-conventional feedstock for preparation of biodiesel. Siberian apricot seed kernel has high oil content (50.18±3.92%), and the oil has low acid value (0.46mg g-1) and low water content (0.17%). The fatty acid composition of the […]

Walnut (Juglans regia L.): genetic resources; chemistry; by-products

Walnut (Juglans regia L.) is the most widespread tree nut in the world. There is a great diversity of genotypes differing in forestry; productivity; physical and chemical nut traits. Some of them have been evaluated as promising and may serve as germplasm sources for breeding. The nutritional importance of the nut is related to the […]