Date (Phoenix dactylifera L.) fruit soluble phenolics composition and anti-atherogenic properties were examined in nine diverse Israeli grown varieties. Ethanol and acetone extracts of 'Amari', 'Barhi', 'Deglet Noor', 'Deri', 'Hadrawi', 'Hallawi', 'Hayani', 'Medjool', and 'Zahidi' fruit were analyzed for phenolics composition by RP-HPLC and tested for anti-atherogenicity by measuring their effe...

The palm weevil, Rhynchophorus vulneratus, is native to Southeast Asia and was recovered from an infested Canary Islands date palm in Laguna Beach, California, USA, in 2010. The detection of this potentially destructive palm pest initiated a detection, containment, and eradication program that was reliant, in part, on the deployment of bucket traps loaded with aggregation pheromone and baited w...

Steven D. Karlen, Rebecca A. Smith, Hoon Kim, Dharshana Padmakshan, Allison Bartuce, Justin K. Mobley, Heather C. A. Free, Bronwen G. Smith, Philip J. Harris, and John Ralph Department of Energy Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Wisconsin Energy Institute, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53726 Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706 School ...

Pure cultures of a gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium, which produced endospores after 3 to 5 days on solid medium, were isolated exclusively from tissue cultures of the date palm Phoenix dactylifera L. Electron microscopic examination of thin sections of the bacteria revealed the bilayer membrane typical of gramnegative bacteria and confirmed the nature of the spores as true endospores. Bioch...

The anticonvulsant effects of 3,4-Dimethoxy toluene (DMT), the major constituent of the date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) spathe, were investigated using pentylenetetrazole (PTZ), picrotoxin (Pic), nicotine (Nic) and maximal electroshock (MES)-induced seizure models. In PTZ (85 mg/kg)-induced seizures, the intraperitoneally injection of DMT at a dose of 100 mg/kg significantly delayed the onse...

BACKGROUND To study the effects of an aqueous extract of date fruit (Phoenix dactylifera L. Arecaceae) diet on diabetic polyneuropathy (DPN) in streptozotocin- (STZ-) induced diabetic rats. METHODS The effects of a date fruit extract (DFE) diet on diabetic neuropathy in STZ-induced diabetic rats were evaluated and compared with a nondiabetic control group, diabetic control group (sham), and v...

The cadmium (Cd), a heavy metal, causes toxicity, which leads to hampering the growth and development of the plant. The molecular and biochemical approaches were used for the investigation of antioxidant system response and genotoxicity in date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) cv. Sagai in pot experiment having Cd. The root length was more affected than the shoot length as more accumulation of Cd ...

This study aimed to investigate the effects of date (Phoenix dactylifera L.) kernel essential oil on growth and development performance parameters as well phagocytic activity, respiratory burst superoxide dismutase, lysozyme myeloperoxidase activity from immune rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). The nutritional was performed for 45 days assess effect three concentrations (0.5, 1, 2 mL kg-1) i...