Common date palm in Tunisia: Chemical composition of pulp and pits

International Journal of Food Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2033-2037

  Saafi, Emna B ^a   Trigui, Maher ^b   Thabet, Raouf ^b   Hammami, Mohamed ^a   Achour, Lotfi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Chemical composition; Date pits; Date pulp; Fatty acid; Phoenix dactylifera L

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; PHOENIX DACTYLIFERA;

EID: 54049094032     PISSN: 09505423     EISSN: 13652621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2621.2008.01817.x     Document Type: Article

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