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Valorization of date palm (Phoenix dactylifera) fruit processing by-products and wastes using bioprocess technology – Review
| Content Provider | CUSAT-Thesis |
|---|---|
| Author | Chandrasekaran, M. Ali, Bahkali H. |
| Abstract | The date palm Phoenix dactylifera has played an important role in the day-to-day life ofthe people for the last 7000 years. Today worldwide production, utilization and industrialization ofdates are continuously increasing since date fruits have earned great importance in human nutritionowing to their rich content of essential nutrients. Tons of date palm fruit wastes are discarded dailyby the date processing industries leading to environmental problems. Wastes such as date pitsrepresent an average of 10% of the date fruits. Thus, there is an urgent need to find suitable applicationsfor this waste. In spite of several studies on date palm cultivation, their utilization and scopefor utilizing date fruit in therapeutic applications, very few reviews are available and they are limitedto the chemistry and pharmacology of the date fruits and phytochemical composition, nutritionalsignificance and potential health benefits of date fruit consumption. In this context, in the presentreview the prospects of valorization of these date fruit processing by-products and wastes’ employingfermentation and enzyme processing technologies towards total utilization of this valuablecommodity for the production of biofuels, biopolymers, biosurfactants, organic acids, antibiotics,industrial enzymes and other possible industrial chemicals are discussed |
| File Format | |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | ELSEVIER |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Date palm Phoenix dactylifera Fruit by-products Wastes Valorization Bioprocessing |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
