Effect of various irradiation doses on some nutrients of Pakistani date |
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Authors: | I Ihsanullah Y Iqbal T N Khattak |
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Institution: | (1) Nuclear Institute for Food and Agriculture (NIFA), Tarnab, Peshawar, Pakistan;(2) Department of Chemistry, University of Peshawar, Peshawar, Pakistan;(3) Nuclear Institute for Food and Agriculture (NIFA), Tarnab, Peshawar, Pakistan |
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Abstract: | Summary Date samples were irradiated with different doses using a gamma-irradiator. Levels of moisture, protein, fibre and fats were
determined on monthly basis for 5 months. Generally, the moisture contents of control date samples packed in white polythene
decreased from 14.1±1.1 to 9.7±0.8% over a 5-month period while the irradiated samples were in the range of 10.4-11.2%, however,
no proper pattern of change was observed. After 5-month storage, the protein level of irradiated samples was reduced to 1.00-1.30%,
while the percent fibre levels were found to be in the range of 2.40-2.48. Similarly, the fat level decreases from 1.06±0.12
to 0.68±0.06 for control date sample while after 5-month the decrease in fat content was 0.45±0.04%, 0.44±0.04%, 0.44±0.05%,
0.42±0.05% and 0.40±0.04% for samples irradiated with 20, 50, 100, 200 and 300 krads, respectively. |
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