Nutritional and Chemical Composition of Saidy Date Pits (Phoenix dactylifera L.) | ||
Journal of Sohag Agriscience (JSAS) | ||
Article 8, Volume 2, Issue 2 - Serial Number 3, December 2017, Pages 104-114 PDF (463.74 K) | ||
Document Type: Research and Review Papers | ||
DOI: 10.21608/jsasj.2017.229058 | ||
Authors | ||
M. A. Sorour* 1; B. R. Ramadan2; A. E. Mehani1; Naglaa Abdel-Sabour3 | ||
1Food Sci. &Nut.Dept., Fac. of Agric. Sohag University, Egypt. | ||
2Food Sci.& Tech. Dept., Fac. of Agric. Assiut University, Egypt | ||
3Food Sci. & Dairy Dept., Fac. of Agric. South Valley Univ., Egypt | ||
Abstract | ||
Physical and chemical properties of Saidy date (Phoenix dactylifera L.) seeds from Saidy date samples were evaluated. Moisture, protein, oil and carbohydrates contents were 2.85, 13.31, 12.12 and 70.95 % date pits, respectively. The glucose fractions of date seeds was 10.46g/100g.Maltose recorded the highest value among disaccharides, Ribose was found at a low concentration of (0.95 mg/100g). Moreover, fifteen amino acids were detected in Saidy date seeds amino acid profiles revealed that contained the majority of essential amino acids: lysine, isoleucine, leucine, methionine, threonine, valine and phenylalanine. Lysine was the major amino acid of total amino acids. There are twenty-four phenolic acids were identified in date seeds among them. Pyrogallol proved the highest value (3475.95ppm). Moreover, hesperidin (56.63 mg/100g) was the highest compared with other flavonoids compounds .The most abundant fatty acids of date seeds oil were oleic, lauric, myristic, palmitic, linoleic and stearic acids. | ||
Keywords | ||
Saidy; Chemical composition; amino acids; nutrition date pits | ||
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