The date palm trees (~dactyJjfera L) besides their known benefits to agriculture over centuries, has been one of the most important staple foods for the native population of Western Persia, Arabia and North Africa and has today a world- wide production which is estimated to be over 2,435000 metric tons. The dates were known for a long time to have established within the human nutrition specially in the oases of the Arabian Peninsula and the data study on the aspect of the nutritional value of dates showed its obvious contribution in the human health when consumed with other food constituent.!; of the daily meals: Besides its economical values, the date palm tree have shown an outstanding ability to be cultivated in arid areas and an ideal plant to combat desert expansion.The objective of this review is to give a comprehensive understanding about the chemical constituents of the plant of different varieties with biological activities when relevent alongwith the spectroscopic analysis and qualitative phytochemical screening of the important contents, i.e. fatty acids, sugars, minerals, vitamins, enzymes and other significant organic compounds.
S S AL SHOWIMAN ,J M FAYADH ,
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