Natural antioxidants in tree nuts.
Alasalvar C, Shahidi F.
Eur J Lipid Sci Technol. 2009;111,1056–1062.
The levels of natural antioxidants and phytochemicals present in tree nuts are reported.
In general, tree nuts are not good sources of vitamins A and C. Among them, pistachio has the highest amount of vitamin A (28 mg RAE/100 g edible nut). Pistachio has the highest total isoflavones (176.9 mg/100 g), lignans (198.9 mg/100 g), and phytoestrogens (382.5 mg/100 g). Walnut contains massive amounts of antioxidant (23.07 mmol/100 g), followed by pecan (8.33 mmol/100 g), chestnut (4.67 mmol/100 g), and pistachio (1.27 mmol/100 g).