Nutritional quality evaluation of eighteen date pit varieties

International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition

Volumn 60, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages 99-111

  Habib, Hosam M ^a   Ibrahim, Wissam H ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Date pits; Dietary fiber; Functional foods; Mineral content; Physical properties; Proximate analysis

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; BARIUM; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; MOLYBDENUM; NICKEL; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SELENIUM; SODIUM; STRONTIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; VANADIUM; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BODY DENSITY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; DATE (FRUIT); DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY INTAKE; FAT CONTENT; FOOD COMPOSITION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MACRONUTRIENT; MOISTURE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PALM TREE; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

ARECACEAE; DIETARY FIBER; MICRONUTRIENTS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; SEEDS; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

PHOENIX DACTYLIFERA;

EID: 68949184976     PISSN: 09637486     EISSN: 14653478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09637480802314639     Document Type: Article

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