Socioeconomic and traditional importance of date palm

Emirates Journal of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 371-385

  El Hadrami, Abdelbasset ^a   Al Khayri, Jameel M ^b  

^a Omex Agriculture Inc (Canada)   (Canada)

^b KING FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Chemical composition; Date palm; Dates; Functional food; Health benefits; Medicinal; Nutraceuticals; Phenolics; Phoenix dactylifera

Indexed keywords

PHOENIX DACTYLIFERA;

EID: 84865811452     PISSN: 2079052X     EISSN: 20790538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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