Curcumin (1,7-bis(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)-1,6-heptadiene-3,5-dione) is a natural hydrophobic polyphenol compound isolated from rhizomes of the herb Curcuma longa Linn. It has diverse pharmacological properties including antiinflammatory, antioxidant, antiproliferative and antiangiogenic activities. However, use of curcumin is limited due to its poor aqueous solubility resulting in reduced co...

Almond (Prunus amygdalus) orchard systems are highly productive and widespread in Mediterranean climates dominate the California agricultural landscape. However, current intensive monocultural bare soil production practices limit potential to support nonproduction functions (i.e., multifunctionality) long-term sustainability of system (Aizen et al. 2019; Fenster 2021). Managing orchards ...

Regenerative agriculture aims to improve soil health and promote biodiversity while producing nutritious food profitably. Almonds are the dominant crop in California terms of acreage revenue generated. We examined health, biodiversity, yield, profit regenerative conventional almond production systems that represented farmer-derived best management practices. practices included abandoning some o...

The search for new forms to extend foodstuffs’ shelf-life through the use of natural compounds and extracts continues grow among researchers industry. In this line thought, main objective work was develop, characterize evaluate effectiveness an active food packaging based on polylactic acid (PLA) incorporated with obtained from grape and/or pomegranate by-products. vitro, antioxidant methods we...

improving barrier properties through the use of nanocomposites is an important area of research, especially for the food packaging industry. in this work, titanium dioxide (tio2 )/low density poly ethylene (ldpe) nanocomposites were synthesized as the oxygen barrier layers through the co-extrusion process. the oxygen permeability of the nanocomposite with 4% of tio2 decreased for about 16% comp...

Epidemiological and metabolic studies have shown that regular nut consumption may protect against risk of heart disease and diabetes. None has investigated the effect of adding nuts to a self-selected habitual diet (containing little or no nuts) on dietary patterns. The present study evaluated the impact of long-term almond supplementation in healthy men (n 43) and women (n 38) aged 25-70 years...