Chemical composition of date-pits and its potential for developing value-added product - A review

Polish Journal of Food and Nutrition Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 215-226

  Hossain, Mohammad Zakir ^a   Waly, Mostafa I ^a   Singh, Vandita ^a   Sequeira, Venitia ^a   Rahman, Mohammad Shafur ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

antioxidant; bioactive compounds; date pits; dietary fbre; edible oil; functional food

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84919660863     PISSN: 12300322     EISSN: 20836007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/pjfns-2013-0018     Document Type: Review

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