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  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,687 Views
21 Pages

Walnut Kernel Oil and Defatted Extracts Enhance Mesenchymal Stem Cell Stemness and Delay Senescence

  • Marwa A. Elsied,
  • Zeina W. Sharawi,
  • Hadba Al-Amrah,
  • Rabab A. Hegazy,
  • Amro E. Mohamed,
  • Rasha M. Saleh,
  • Sanad S. El-kholy,
  • Foad A. Farrag,
  • Masoud H. Fayed and
  • Mohammed A. El-Magd

28 August 2023

Decreased stemness and increased cellular senescence impair the ability of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) to renew themselves, change into different cell types, and contribute to regenerative medicine. There is an urgent need to discover new compounds...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,407 Views
30 Pages

Unveiling Wound Healing Properties of Biostimulated Walnut Kernel Extracts via Epithelial Mesenchymal Transition: Switching a Nutritional Matrix into a Therapeutic Remedy

  • Riccardo Fedeli,
  • Elia Ranzato,
  • Simona Martinotti,
  • Manuela Giovanna Basilicata,
  • Ludovica Marotta,
  • Marianna Fava,
  • Ilaria Cursaro,
  • Giulio Tremori,
  • Gregorio Bonsignore and
  • Giuseppe Campiani
  • + 7 authors

2 September 2025

Walnuts (Juglans regia L.) are recognized for their rich nutritional profile and health-promoting properties. This study investigates the impact of biostimulation, via wood distillate application, on the chemical composition and therapeutic potential...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
5,297 Views
17 Pages

14 September 2023

The objective of this study was to determine the antioxidant activities of defatted walnut kernel extract (DWE) and whole walnut kernel extract (WE) in vitro and in vivo. Three spectrophotometric methods, DPPH, ABTS, and FRAP, were used in in vitro e...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,406 Views
16 Pages

Effect of Extracted Walnut Pomace Cake Edible Coating and Packaging Type on Quality Parameters of Walnut (Juglans regia L.) Kernels During Long Storage Periods

  • Pradeep Kumar,
  • Lilla Szalóki-Dorkó,
  • Beatrix Szabó-Nótin,
  • Julianna Kereszturi,
  • Judit Tormási,
  • László Abrankó,
  • István Dalmadi,
  • Dóra Székely and
  • Mónika Máté

5 November 2024

Walnuts are highly valued for their rich nutritional content, but their quality degrades during storage due to oxidation and other quality reducing processes. This study investigated the use of bioactive compounds extracted from walnut pomace, a by-p...

  • Article
  • Open Access
70 Citations
7,900 Views
25 Pages

Antioxidant Effects of Walnut (Juglans regia L.) Kernel and Walnut Septum Extract in a D-Galactose-Induced Aging Model and in Naturally Aged Rats

  • Marius Emil Rusu,
  • Carmen Georgiu,
  • Anca Pop,
  • Andrei Mocan,
  • Bela Kiss,
  • Oliviu Vostinaru,
  • Ionel Fizesan,
  • Maria-Georgia Stefan,
  • Ana-Maria Gheldiu and
  • Daniela-Saveta Popa
  • + 5 authors

Antioxidant dietary intervention is considered a potential strategy in delaying age-related dysfunctions. In this study of 56 days, we assessed the antioxidant effects of walnut kernel (WK) and walnut septum extract (WSE) in a D-galactose (D-gal)-ind...

  • Article
  • Open Access
32 Citations
3,554 Views
14 Pages

Study on the Identification and Detection of Walnut Quality Based on Terahertz Imaging

  • Jun Hu,
  • Hongyang Shi,
  • Chaohui Zhan,
  • Peng Qiao,
  • Yong He and
  • Yande Liu

3 November 2022

Objective: Walnuts have rich nutritional value and are favored by the majority of consumers. As walnuts are shelled nuts, they are prone to suffer from defects such as mildew during storage. The fullness and mildew of the fruit impose effects on the...

  • Review
  • Open Access
166 Citations
18,182 Views
40 Pages

As a valuable tree nut, walnut is a well-known member of the Juglandaceae family. The fruit is made up of an outer green shell cover or husk, the middle shell which must be cracked to release the kernel, a thin layer known as skin or the seed coat, a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
30 Citations
6,232 Views
14 Pages

Physical, Nutritional and Functional Properties of Walnuts Genotypes (Juglans regia L.) from Romania

  • Olimpia A. Iordănescu,
  • Isidora Radulov,
  • Ioana P. Buhan,
  • Ileana Cocan,
  • Adina A. Berbecea,
  • Iuliana Popescu,
  • Daniela S. Poșta,
  • Dorin Camen and
  • Dacian Lalescu

28 May 2021

Walnut (Juglans regia L.) is the oldest fruit grown in the world and grows spontaneously almost throughout Romania. In this study, the physical properties and chemical composition of twenty types of walnuts from three different locations in Romania w...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
8,276 Views
13 Pages

2 October 2020

Our recent studies have demonstrated multiple health-promoting benefits from black walnut kernels. These biological functions of black walnuts are likely associated with their bioactive constituents. Characterization of phenolic compounds found in bl...

  • Article
  • Open Access
52 Citations
6,722 Views
17 Pages

4 February 2021

Kernel oxidation susceptibility and pellicle darkening are among the biggest concerns regarding walnut quality. Monitoring oxidation is crucial to preserve quality from production to consumption. Chemical oxidation parameters (peroxide value and UV a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,175 Views
18 Pages

Effect of Foliar Application of Nitrogen-Fixing Microorganisms and Algae Extracts on Nutritional Status and Yield of Hazelnut and Walnut Trees

  • Margarida Arrobas,
  • João Roque,
  • Sandra Martins,
  • Cátia Brito,
  • Carlos Manuel Correia and
  • Manuel Ângelo Rodrigues

This study presents the results of two on-farm trials evaluating the efficacy of a nitrogen (N)-fixing inoculant (Methylobacterium symbioticum) applied as a foliar spray to provide N to hazelnut (Corylus avellana L.) and walnut (Juglans regia L.) tre...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,169 Views
20 Pages

Transcriptomic Analyses Reveal the Effects of Walnut Kernel Cake on Adipose Deposition in Pigs

  • Lei Liu,
  • Xiaodan Shang,
  • Li Ma,
  • Dawei Yan,
  • Adeyinka Abiola Adetula,
  • Ying Bai and
  • Xinxing Dong

23 May 2024

With the rising cost of animal feed protein, finding affordable and effective substitutes is crucial. Walnut kernel cake, a polyphenol-, fiber-, protein- and fat-rich byproduct of walnut oil extraction, has been underexplored as a potential protein r...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,685 Views
19 Pages

WT-YOLOM: An Improved Target Detection Model Based on YOLOv4 for Endogenous Impurity in Walnuts

  • Dongdong Wang,
  • Dan Dai,
  • Jian Zheng,
  • Linhui Li,
  • Haoyu Kang and
  • Xinyu Zheng

25 May 2023

Since impurities produced during walnut processing can cause serious harm to human health, strict quality control must be carried out during production. However, most detection equipment still uses photoelectric detection technology to automatically...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,693 Views
18 Pages

24 October 2021

Walnut byproducts have been shown to exert functional properties, but the literature on their bioactive content is still scarce. Among walnut byproducts, walnut septum is a dry ligneous diaphragm tissue that divides the two halves of the kernel, exhi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,565 Views
18 Pages

26 January 2025

The walnut (Juglans regia) is a woody oilseed crop with high economic and food value as its kernels are edible and its hulls can be widely used in oil extraction and plugging, chemical raw materials, and water purification. Currently, red walnut vari...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,582 Views
20 Pages

31 May 2025

Walnuts, which are rich in unsaturated fatty acids (UFAs), are highly susceptible to oxidation during storage, leading to quality degradation. Consequently, antioxidant technologies for the oxidative stability of walnuts have garnered significant att...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,717 Views
17 Pages

FastQAFPN-YOLOv8s-Based Method for Rapid and Lightweight Detection of Walnut Unseparated Material

  • Junqiu Li,
  • Jiayi Wang,
  • Dexiao Kong,
  • Qinghui Zhang and
  • Zhenping Qiang

2 December 2024

Walnuts possess significant nutritional and economic value. Fast and accurate sorting of shells and kernels will enhance the efficiency of automated production. Therefore, we propose a FastQAFPN-YOLOv8s object detection network to achieve rapid and p...

  • Article
  • Open Access
161 Views
11 Pages

A simple, rapid, and cost-effective method for the determination of benzo[a]pyrene (BaP) in edible oil was developed and validated. Nickel oxide-deposited silica (SiO2@NiO) was employed as a solid-phase extraction (SPE) adsorbent for the extraction o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
37 Citations
4,900 Views
13 Pages

Phenolic Profile and Antioxidant, Antibacterial, and Antiproliferative Activity of Juglans regia L. Male Flowers

  • Natalia Żurek,
  • Agata Pawłowska,
  • Karolina Pycia,
  • Dorota Grabek-Lejko and
  • Ireneusz Tomasz Kapusta

26 April 2022

Juglans regia L., walnut, is a large, long-living tree, cultivated in temperate climates around the world. It is highly appreciated for its nutritional kernels and high-quality timber. Its barks, leaves, and husk are used as dyes and in folk medicine...