Abstract
USUALLY Egyptians prefer to consume the date fruits when they are soft (ripe). This softening is either reached normally when the fruits are still on the tree, or it may be hastened by pretreatment of the mature fruits with an aqueous solution of sodium chloride. The latter observation inspired us to study the effect of different concentrations of sodium chloride on the rate of softening of the date fruits as well as on the carbohydrate changes.
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Nature, 175, 469 (1955).
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NADA, I., HASSAN, H. Effect of Sodium Chloride on Softening and Carbohydrate Changes of Date Fruits. Nature 175, 735–736 (1955). https://doi.org/10.1038/175735b0
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