Study of Physicochemical Properties and Mineral of Seeds from two date palm cultivars grown in Libya

Abstract

In the present study, the seeds of two date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) cultivars grown in the North (Al-Brince) and the South (Al-Allig) of Libyan were analysed and compared for their chemical, physical properties and macroelements. The following values  (Based on dry matter) were obtained for Al- Brince and Allig cultivars, respectively: The seeds constitute about  14.73- 11.16% seed/date fruit weight, the length from 2.4-2.5cm, and the diameter from1.2-1.3cm.The chemical properties of present research consists of moisture 4%, ash1.90% for both samples, protein1.98 -1.10%, total sugar 0.35- 8.27g/100g,crud fiber 52.20 - 34g/100g of date seeds powder (DSP) on dry weight basis (DW). Whereas the mineral analysis of seeds showed higher concentration of K(205.36 – 217.57mg /100 g) followed by P(113.1- 114.1mg/100g), Ba (47.55 – 51.34mg/100g), Na (34.93 – 22.30 mg/100g), Ca (5.89- 1.68 mg/100g), for (Al-Brince) and (Allig) seeds, respectively