University of California

Alyson E Mitchell

Bruce D Hammock

Jiang Zheng

A Daniel Jones

Cristian Rogel-Castillo

Eleni Melliou

Provided are methods and systems for efficiently and non-invasively identifying nuts (e.g., almonds) having concealed damage using near infrared scanning. The methods identify nuts having concealed damage with a certainty greater than 90% and an error rate that is less than 10%.

Nondestructive method of identifying concealed damage in nuts

A method for debittering olives is described. The method includes contacting olive flesh with a granular polymeric resin under conditions sufficient to remove one or more bittering compounds from the olive flesh, thereby debittering olives.

Method for debittering olives

Inhibition of glutathione transferase by haloenol lactones

This invention relates to novel haloenol lactone compounds. These compounds have the following general structure: ##STR1## in which Ar is an aryl group and Y is a haloenol lactone moiety. The compounds of the invention are useful for the specific measurement of particular isoenzymes of glutathione S-transferase. Measurement of glutathione S-transferase isoenzymes has importance in diagnostic medicine. The compounds of the invention are also useful for treatment of drug resistance in cancer and for preventing herbicide resistance in plants.

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Davis, CA, United States of America

Alyson E Mitchell