The Journal "Agriculture and Forestry"
Časopis "Poljoprivreda i šumarstvo"
- Since 1955 -
Year 2015, Volume 61 Issue 1
| Year : | 2015 |
| Volume : | 61 |
| Issue : | 1 |
| Authors : | Fahad Y. AL JUHAIMI, Mehmet Musa ÖZCAN, Kashif GHAFOOR |
| Title : | SOME PHYSICO-CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF DATE FRUIT VARIETIES |
| Abstract : | In this study, some physico-chemical properties of date fruits were determined. Moisture contents of date pulp ranged between 13.43% (Khalas) and 16.17% (Sugei). Fat content of date pulp was found from 0.32% (Sugei) to 0.38% (Sukary), crude oil of seeds ranged 4.35% (Sugei) to 4.51% (Khalas). Sucrose and reducing sugar contents of date pulp were 57.17% and 42.83 % for Sukary, 0.59 % and 99.41 % for Khalas and 1.13% and 98.86% for Sugei, respectively. ‘L’ values ranged between 49.93 (Khalas) and 50.69 (Sukary), while ‘a’ values varied between 12.12 (Sugei) and 12.61 (Khalas). The date pulp oil contain from 15.86% (Sugei) to 24.16% (Khalas) palmitic acid, from 5.99% (Sugei) to 9.3% (Khalas) stearic, 23.88% (Sukary) to 27.31% (Sugei) oleic acid, from 30.1% (Khalas) to 35.99% (Sugei) linoleic acid, and from 10.7% (Khalas) to 14.8% (Sugei) linolenic acid. |
| For citation : | Fahad Y. AL JUHAIMI, Mehmet Musa ÖZCAN, Kashif GHAFOOR. SOME PHYSICO-CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF DATE FRUIT VARIETIES. Agriculture & Forestry, Vol. 61. Issue 1: 197-201, 2015, Podgorica |
| Keywords : | date, seed, fatty acid, total phenolics, antioxidant activity |
| download paper | |