Nuclear magnetic resonance analysis of water soluble metabolites allows the geographic discrimination of pistachios (Pistacia vera)

Aqueous extracts of roasted pistachio (Pistacia vera) from different geographic origin were analyzed by 1H nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. Forty-eight water-soluble metabolites, classified in organic acids, amino acids, carbohydrates and miscellaneous metabolites, were identified by means of 1D and 2D NMR experiments, and twenty-eight of them were quantified. The different metabolite contents highlighted that […]