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Almond Skin Extracts and Chlorogenic Acid Delay Chronological Aging and Enhanced Oxidative Stress Response in Yeast

Life, 2020
Almond (Prunus dulcis (Mill.) D.A.Webb) is one of the largest nut crops in the world. Recently, phenolic compounds, mostly stored in almond skin, have been associated with much of the health-promoting behavior associated with their intake.
Duangjai Tungmunnithum, Malika Abid, Ahmed Elamrani, Samantha Drouet, Mohamed Addi, Christophe Hano   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Aflatoxigenic Aspergillus Section Flavi Strains and Diverse Molds Isolated from California Almonds

Toxins
Almonds are an essential crop for the economy of California. However, mold and mycotoxin contamination of this commodity has a serious impact on food safety and international trade.
Barbara Szonyi, Guangwei Huang, Tim Birmingham, Dawit Gizachew   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Duplex Real-Time PCR Assays for the Simultaneous Detection and Quantification of Botryosphaeriaceae Species Causing Canker Diseases in Woody Crops

Plants, 2023
Woody canker diseases caused by fungi of the Botryosphaeriaceae family are producing increasing losses in many economically important woody crops, including almond.
Laura Romero-Cuadrado, Carlos José López-Herrera, Ana Aguado, Nieves Capote   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Suppressed Production of Aflatoxin B1 by Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus on California In-hull Almonds and Hull Fragments

Journal of Food Protection
Almond hulls are economically important by-products marketed as dairy cattle feed in California. This study investigated the ability of Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus to grow and produce aflatoxins on almond hulls.
Barbara Szonyi, Guangwei Huang, Tim Birmingham, Dawit Gizachew   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Toxigenic Aspergillus Sections Flavi and Nigri Populations Along the Processing Line in California Almonds

Journal of Food Protection
Mycotoxin contamination of almonds is a serious concern to public health and the almond industry. After harvest, almonds are sorted at processing facilities to remove damaged kernels, but little is known about the effectiveness of the sorting process in ...
Barbara Szonyi, Guangwei Huang, Tim Birmingham, Dawit Gizachew   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Yield in almond is related more to the abundance of flowers than the relative number of flowers that set fruit

California Agriculture, 2016
Almond tree yield is a function of the number of flowers on a tree and the percentage of flowers that set fruit. Almonds are borne on spurs (short proleptic shoots that can have both leaves and flowers).
Sergio Tombesi, Bruce D. Lampinen, Samuel Metcalf, Theodore M. DeJong   +3 more
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Laser‐Induced Graphene from Waste Almond Shells

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Almond shells, an abundant agricultural by‐product, are repurposed to create a fully bioderived almond shell/chitosan composite (ASC) degradable in soil. ASC is converted into laser‐induced graphene (LIG) by laser scribing and proposed as a substrate for transient electronics.
Yulia Steksova, Anna Chiara Bressi, Marina Galliani, Attilio Marino, Gianni Ciofani, Eduardo Machado‐Charry, Hilda Gomez Bernal, Alessandra Francini, Luca Sebastiani, Francesco Greco   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fatty acid composition and anticancer activity in colon carcinoma cell lines of Prunus dulcis seed oil

Pharmaceutical Biology, 2017
Context: Almond oil is used in traditional and complementary therapies for its numerous health benefits due to high unsaturated fatty acids content. Objectives: This study investigated the composition and in vitro anticancer activity of almond oil from ...
Filiz Mericli, Eda Becer, Hilal Kabadayı, Azmi Hanoglu, Duygu Yigit Hanoglu, Dudu Ozkum Yavuz, Temel Ozek, Seda Vatansever   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Impact of Almond Variety on “Amaretti” Cookies as Assessed through Image Features Modeling, Physical Chemical Measures and Sensory Analyses

Foods, 2020
In the present study, the influence of almond variety on color, chemical, physical and sensory characteristics of “amaretti” cookies during the shelf life, was assessed.
Marco Campus, Manuela Sanna, Giandomenico Scanu, Riccardo Di Salvo, Luciano De Pau, Daniela Satta, Antonio Demarcus, Tonina Roggio   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

‘Felama’ Almond

HortScience
The almond breeding program at the Agrifood Research and Technology Center of Aragon (CITA) began in 1974, focusing on self-compatibility and late flowering while ensuring fruit quality and productivity in new planting systems. Self-compatible cultivars are crucial in modern plantations.
Rubio-Cabetas, M.J., Espiau, M.T., Bielsa, B.   +2 more
openaire   +4 more sources