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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Chemical composition of date pits and reproductive hormonal status of rats fed date pits
Food Chemistry, Volume 86, No. 1, Year 2004
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Five isonitrogenous (23% CP) and isocaloric (2.8 Mcal/kg) diets with or without date pits were fed to rats to evaluate the effect of feeding date pits on the reproductive hormonal status of male and female rats. Proximate analysis of date pits indicated that the nitrogen-free extract (NFE) was 71.5%, in which 3% was starch. When chemical analysis was based on dietary fibre, the NFE was found to be 26.7% only, in which 20.9% is mannose. The dietary treatments had no effect on testosterone level in male rats. While, oestradiol concentration in the serum of female rats decreased significantly as the percent of date pits increased, this may be due to the estrogenic effect of date pits, which may cause reduction in the fertility of the female rats. © 2003 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Aldhaheri, Aysha
United Arab Emirates, Al Ain
United Arab Emirates University
Alhadrami, Ghaleb A.
United Arab Emirates, Al Ain
United Arab Emirates University
Aboalnaga, N.
United Arab Emirates, Al Ain
United Arab Emirates University
Wasfi, Ibrahim Abdel Rahman
United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi
Forensic Science Laboratory Abu Dhabi
Elridi, M.
United Arab Emirates, Al Ain
United Arab Emirates University
Statistics
Citations: 72
Authors: 5
Affiliations: 2
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.foodchem.2003.08.022
ISSN:
03088146
Research Areas
Sexual And Reproductive Health
Participants Gender
Male
Female