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Allergy
Arnon Elizur, Michael Y. Appel, Liat Nachshon, Michael B. Levy, Naama Epstein-Rigbi, Yael Koren, Marie Holmqvist, Helena Porsch, Jonas Lidholm, Michael R. Goldberg
Summary: Cashew OIT desensitizes most cashew-allergic patients and cross-desensitizes to pistachio. Safety is similar to OIT for other foods.
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Food Science & Technology
Indy Magnus, Fatemeh Abbasi, Hugo Thienpont, Lien Smeesters
Summary: Food safety and quality are increasingly important in our society, driving the development of novel optical food sensing technologies. However, current optical sensing technologies are often limited in their sensitivity and product variability. In this study, we developed a novel pistachio nut screening methodology using fluorescence spectroscopy and advanced chemometrics to simultaneously detect shells, tree parts, and aflatoxins. By optimizing hardware and software parameters, we achieved a high classification accuracy for healthy pistachio kernels.
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Food Science & Technology
Zeinab Moslehi, Abdorreza Mohammadi Nafchi, Marzie Moslehi, Shima Jafarzadeh
Summary: The study found that coating pistachio nuts with methylcellulose at various concentrations can effectively inhibit aflatoxin contamination, extend shelf life, and improve product quality and safety.
FOOD SCIENCE & NUTRITION
(2021)
Review
Immunology
Verena Fuhrmann, Huey-Jy Huang, Aysegul Akarsu, Igor Shilovskiy, Olga Elisyutina, Musa Khaitov, Marianne van Hage, Birgit Linhart, Margarete Focke-Tejkl, Rudolf Valenta, Bulent Enis Sekerel
Summary: Peanuts and tree nuts are common triggers of IgE-mediated food allergy, which can lead to severe reactions. Molecular allergy diagnosis can help identify sensitizing nuts and provide a basis for personalized treatment.
FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Applied
Luigia Di Stasio, Leonardo Sciammaro, Salvatore De Caro, Maria Victoria Salinas, Maria Cecilia Puppo, Gianfranco Mamone
Summary: In this study, the proteome composition of pistachio seeds was investigated using various proteomics analyses. The results identified proteins belonging to the cupin protein family and allergens, and also compared the proteomes of different pistachio varieties.
JOURNAL OF FOOD COMPOSITION AND ANALYSIS
(2022)
Review
Agronomy
Basira Mir-Makhamad, Rasmus Bjorn, Soeren Stark, Robert N. Spengler
Summary: The pistachio was cultivated in southern Central Asia and spread westward before moving eastward around the end of the first millennium AD. The seeds of the pistachio were rare in archaeological sites outside its native range until recent centuries when cultivation became more widespread.
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Allergy
Debra J. J. Palmer, Desiree T. T. Silva, Susan L. L. Prescott
Summary: This trial aimed to determine the safety and feasibility of introducing infant cashew nut spread. The results showed that feeding infants one teaspoon of cashew nut spread three times per week from 6 to 8 months of age was both feasible and safe.
PEDIATRIC ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Allergy
Debra J. Palmer, Desiree T. Silva, Susan L. Prescott
Summary: To determine the safety and feasibility of introducing cashew nut spread to infants, a randomized controlled trial was conducted. Infants were divided into three groups: one with a fixed dosage regime, one with an increasing dosage regime, and one with no specific advice. It was found that regular consumption of cashew nut spread from 6 to 8 months of age was safe and feasible.
PEDIATRIC ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Applied
Stefan Kabasser, Kunal Pratap, Sandip Kamath, Aya C. Taki, Thanh Dang, Jennifer Koplin, Kirsten Perrett, Karin Hummel, Christian Radauer, Heimo Breiteneder, Andreas L. Lopata, Merima Bublin
Summary: Macadamia nut is a popular choice for a healthy diet, but it is also a potent allergen. Research has identified four IgE-binding proteins in sera from individuals allergic to macadamia nut, with three of them successfully purified and characterized. These newly discovered allergens have the potential to improve molecular diagnostics for macadamia nut allergy.
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Agricultural Economics & Policy
Vivian Hoffmann, Samuel K. Mutiga, Jagger W. Harvey, Rebecca J. Nelson, Michael G. Milgroom
Summary: Food safety tends to degrade after harvest, with losses not readily observable by market actors. This absence of incentives to address food safety losses specifically results in no correlation between price and aflatoxin contamination. Providing consumers with information about the correlation between visible grain attributes and contamination could improve the incentives for provision of food safety in the market.
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Amirreza Rezaei, Hamid Karimi, Pouria Ataei
Summary: Consumers' demand for high-degree food safety has led to an increased focus on health principles and product quality by producers. This study examines the behavior of pistachio growers in Iran towards on-farm food safety and suggests the use of the theory of planned behavior to measure their intentions. The findings show a significant relationship between intention and self-efficacy, highlighting the importance of intention in determining behavior. Future research should consider additional variables to predict farmers' behavior and effective interventions to promote on-farm food safety.
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Allergy
Stephanie C. Erdle, Victoria E. Cook, Scott B. Cameron, Joanne Yeung, Sandeep Kapur, Mary McHenry, Edmond S. Chan, Raymond Mak, Gregory A. Rex, Tiffany Wong, Lianne Soller
Summary: This study examined the safety and tolerability of tree nut oral immunotherapy in preschoolers in a real-world setting. The results showed that this therapy is safe and well-tolerated, with comparable findings to previous studies on peanut oral immunotherapy.
JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY-IN PRACTICE
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Applied
Jesus F. Crespo, Cristina Bueno, Mayte Villalba, Linda Monaci, Carmen Cuadrado, Natalija Novak, Beatriz Cabanillas
Summary: Epitopes of the major allergen Pin p 1 from pine nut were analyzed with a peptide library and sera from patients, revealing similarities with epitopes from allergenic 2S albumins from peanut and Brazil nut. These epitopes were found in alpha-helices and coils in the 3D protein structure, with all epitopes well-exposed on the protein surface for facile IgE-binding.
Article
Allergy
Vicki L. McWilliam, Jennifer J. Koplin, Katie Allen, Marnie Robinson, Joanne Smart, Paxton Loke, Rachel L. Peters, Thanh Dang, Katherine J. Lee, Kim Dalziel, Dean Tey, Mark Taranto, Kirsten P. Perrett
Summary: TreEAT is a trial that aims to test the efficacy and safety of a novel strategy, a supervised multi-nut oral food challenge, for the prevention of tree nut allergies in high-risk infants. The trial will compare this strategy with standard care for tree nut allergy prevention.
PEDIATRIC ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY
(2023)
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Food Science & Technology
Maeve Riley Swinehart, Yaohua Feng, Wilma Araujo, Sandra Fernandes Arruda
Summary: Despite being perceived as low-risk for foodborne illnesses, tree nuts have been associated with outbreaks and recalls in recent years. A study found that consumers lacked sufficient knowledge about potential contaminations of tree nuts and had little awareness of past outbreaks or recalls. Participants were more concerned with the health benefits of tree nuts and preferred government agencies for food safety information. Demographics with lower food safety knowledge and risk perceptions tended to engage in risky tree nut handling practices.
