Chemical composition of the flesh and the pit of date palm fruit and radical scavenging activity of their extracts

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 2202-2207

  Chaira, Nizar ^a   Ferchichi, Ali ^a   Mrabet, Abdessalem ^a   Sghairoun, Maheur ^a  

^a INSTITUT DES RÉGIONS ARIDES   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Composition; Date palm; DPPH; Flesh; Oasis; Pit

Indexed keywords

PHOENIX DACTYLIFERA;

EID: 34447312191     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2007.2202.2207     Document Type: Article

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