Review on vitamins with special reference to dates

ABSTRACT

Dates [Phoenix dactylifera L.] have been known for a long time to be established within the human nutrition especially in the oases of the Arabian Peninsula. The data available on the aspect of the nutritional value of dates showed its obvious contribution in the human health when consumed with other foods. Dates meet some of the daily nutrition requirements because of its considerable content of protein, carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals etc., which are essential in the humans diet for maintenance of proper equilibrium. The main advantage of dates is that they provide some vitamins since they are eaten fresh or dried to avoid the damaging factors such as cooking, canning or milling of different foods. In this review an attempt was made to give a comprehensive comparison of the important principal vitamins of dates and their various nutritional values with reference to other popular fruits and some common foods