Production of nutritious high quality date (Phoenix dactylifera) fruits syrup (Dibs) by using some novel technological approaches

Journal of Applied Sciences Research

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1524-1538

  Ganbi, Hend Hassan Ali ^a  

^a King Abdel Aziz University   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Conventional extraction; Date dibs; Date fruits; Date syrup; Enzymatic extraction; Microwave; Nutrients; Quality criteria; Sonication extraction; Ultrasonic extraction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865972654     PISSN: 1816157X     EISSN: 1819544X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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