INTRODUCTION History Tamarind is a leguminous trees of genus Tamarindus a monotype taxon with only specie indicum. Tamarindus is medieval latinization of the Arabic name for the fruit, meaning Indian date. The fruits of the tamarind were traded widely in ancient times. Records from the eastern Mediterranean show Tamarindus indica was already in cultivation there in the fourth century B.C. On en...

This study was carried out to evaluate the effect of pre-treatment technique (blanching) and temperature on drying characteristics red date variety. Thin layer experiments were conducted at varying temperatures 50, 60 70 °C using electrical laboratory oven cabinet dryer with a constant air velocity 1.4 m/s. Other sets samples blanched 50 for 2-, 5- 10-minutes before being dried respectively und...

In studying the relationship between ethylene production and the climacteric rise in respiration exhibited by ripening fruits, it was not possible to determine when ethylene production begins until the advent of gas chromatography. This technique makes available quantitative measurement of ethylene concentrations at or below the threshold of physiological activity. Burg and Thimann (3, 4) were ...

The aim of the present work was to investigate the chemical composition, mineral extractability, and antioxidant capacity of six date palm varieties grown in Sudan. The results showed that Sudanese date varieties contained significantly different (P < 0.05) amounts of moisture, ash, fiber, oil, and carbohydrates, but have almost similar amounts of protein. Moreover, results revealed that date v...