RESEARCH SUGGESTS PISTACHIOS HAVE A HIGH ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY.

Dietary intake of pistachios or mixed nuts results in higher systemic antioxidant capacity with minimal effects on bone in adolescent male rats.

Wickman BE, Clayton ZS, Rochester E, et al.

J Nutr Sci. 2023;12:e11. Published 2023 Jan 24.

This study tested the hypothesis that compared to a control diet high in fat (40 % energy) and cholesterol, diets containing isocaloric amounts of pistachios or mixed nuts would result in greater bone health in male adolescent rats.

Quantification of Phytochemicals, Cellular Antioxidant Activities and Antiproliferative Activities of Raw and Roasted American Pistachios.

Yuan W, Zheng B, Li T, Liu RH.

Nutrients. 2022; 14 (15):3002.

A study conducted by Cornell University found that pistachios have a high antioxidant capacity.

In Vitro Anti-HSV-1 Activity of Polyphenol-Rich Extracts and Pure Polyphenol Compounds Derived from Pistachios Kernels (Pistacia Vera L.).

Musarra-Pizzo M, Pennisi R, Ben-Amor I, Smeriglio A, Mandalari G, Sciortino MT.

Plants (Basel, Switzerland), vol. 9, no. 2, Feb. 2020

The aim of this research was to investigate the activity of polyphenol-rich extracts of natural shelled (NPRE) pistachios kernels (Pistacia vera L.) on herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) replication.

Subcritical Fluid Extraction of Antioxidant Phenolic Compounds from Pistachio (Pistacia vera L.) Nuts: Experiments, Modeling, and Optimization.

Bodoira R, Velez A, Rovetto L, Ribotta P, Maestri D, Martínez M.

J Food Sci. 2019 May;84(5):963-970.

A process to obtain phenolic compounds with antioxidant properties from pistachio nuts using water/ethanol mixture under high temperature and pressure conditions was carried out.

Comprehensive Study of the Phenolic Compound Profile and Antioxidant Activity of Eight Pistachio Cultivars and Their Residual Cakes and Virgin Oils.

Ojeda-Amador RM, Salvador MD, Fregapane G, Gómez-Alonso S.

J Agric Food Chem. 2019 Apr 3;67(13):3583-3594.

Phenolic compounds of eight pistachio ( Pistacia vera L.) cultivars and their residual cakes and virgin oils (screw pressing) were studied using high-performance liquid chromatography-diode array detection-electrospray ionization-tandem mass spectrometry.

Biochemical Characterization of Clinical Strains of Staphylococcus Spp. and Their Sensitivity to Polyphenols-Rich Extracts from Pistachio (Pistacia Vera L.)

La Camera E, Bisignano C, Crisafi G, et al.

Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland), vol. 7, no. 4, Oct. 2018

A number of clinical strains of Staphylococcus spp. were analyzed and their sensitivity against polyphenols-rich extracts from natural raw and roasted pistachios (NPRE and RPRE, respectively) was investigated.

The anti-inflammatory and antioxidant potential of pistachios in vitro and in vivo.

Paterniti I, Impellizzeri D, Cordaro M, et al.

Nutrients. 2017 Aug 22;9(8).

This study investigated if pistachio polyphenol extracts have anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties when tested in both a cell (in vitro) and an animal model of inflammation.

Comparison of cold-pressing and soxhlet extraction systems for bioactive compounds, antioxidant properties, polyphenols, fatty acids and tocopherols in eight nut oils.

Al Juhaimi F, Özcan MM, Ghafoor K, Babiker EE, Hussain S.

J Food Sci Technol. 2018 Aug;55(8):3163-3173.

Antioxidant activities of different nut oils ranged from 11.43 (peanut) to 65.58% (pistachio) in cold pressed oils whereas in case of soxhlet extracted oils they were in the range of 11.32 (hazelnut) to 51.28% (pistachio).

The Antioxidant Activity of Pistachios Reduces Cardiac Tissue Injury of Acute Ischemia/Reperfusion (I/R) In Diabetic Streptozotocin (STZ)-Induced Hyperglycaemic Rats.

Di Paola R, Fusco R, Gugliandolo E, et al.

Front Pharmacol. 2018;9:51.

This study evaluated the antioxidant properties of raw or roasted salted pistachios on reperfusion injury in diabetic rats.

The effect of nut consumption on markers of inflammation and endothelial function: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

Neale EP, Tapsell LC, Guan V, Batterham MJ.

BMJ Open 2017

This systematic review of randomized, controlled trials (with a duration of 3 weeks or more through January 2017) examined the effect of consuming tree nuts or peanuts on inflammatory biomarkers and endothelial function.

Photoprotection by pistachio bioactives in a 3-dimensional human skin equivalent tissue model.

Chen CO, Smith A, Liu Y, Du P, Blumberg JB, Garlick J.

International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition. vol. 68,6 (2017): 712-718.

Investigators used a 3-dimensional human skin equivalent (HSE) tissue model which closely mimics human skin and examined whether pistachios antioxidants, lutein and c-tocopherol, the predominant lipophilic antioxidants, would prevent damage to the HSE when exposed to UVA radiation.