Comparison of coconut coir and date palm coir (sheath fiber) and their composites

Midani, Mohamad; Elseify, Lobna A.; Hamouda, Tamer; Hassanin, Ahmed H.

doi:10.1016/b978-0-443-15186-6.00070-9

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“…Apart from its fruits, the date palm offers various secondary by-products such as leaves, coir, petioles, spadix stems, and trunks, serving multiple traditional purposes [ 21 ]. Originally cultivated for its date fruits, the date palm is renowned for its nutritional and medicinal properties owing to its richness in biomolecules [ 3 ].…”

Section: Status Of Date Palm In the Worldmentioning

confidence: 99%

Reproductive Enhancement through Phytochemical Characteristics and Biological Activities of Date Palm Pollen: A Comprehensive Review on Potential Mechanism Pathways

Salhi,

Rahim,

Chentouf

et al. 2024

Metabolites

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Infertility represents a significant global health challenge affecting both men and women. Despite regular unprotected sexual intercourse, approximately 15% of couples of reproductive age struggle to conceive within 12 months, with 10% of infertility cases attributed to unknown causes worldwide. As a result, numerous studies have turned their attention to exploring the use of natural products for the prevention and treatment of infertility. Among these natural remedies is date palm pollen (DPP), a male reproductive powder derived from the blossoms of the Phoenix dactylifera L. palm tree, which has a long history of use as a dietary supplement, particularly as an aphrodisiac and fertility enhancer for both men and women. This review critically examines the diverse components of DPP, including metabolites, proteins, amino acids, fatty acids, to elucidate its potential impact on human reproduction. The analysis thoroughly assesses the composition of DPP in relation to its effects on enhancing reproductive processes and delves into its traditional uses and therapeutic benefits in male fertility, such as the enhancement of sexual desire, semen quality, and hormonal equilibrium. Similarly, it explores the influence of DPP on female fertility, emphasizing its potential to improve factors such as lubrication, desire, ovulation, and hormonal balance. Overall, this review underscores the potential of DPP as a natural remedy for addressing reproductive disorders.

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Section: Status Of Date Palm In the Worldmentioning

confidence: 99%

Reproductive Enhancement through Phytochemical Characteristics and Biological Activities of Date Palm Pollen: A Comprehensive Review on Potential Mechanism Pathways

Salhi,

Rahim,

Chentouf

et al. 2024

Metabolites

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“…Studies on wood products manufactured using date palm leaf midribs (DPLM) offer no cost breakdowns or analyses (Al-Oqla et al, 2015;Metwally and Hamza, 2017;Elseify et al, 2019). This material is available in huge waste quantities across North Africa and the Middle East due to annual pruning, and its craftsmanship has long been found in rural areas (El-Mously, 2018;Midani et al, 2020).…”

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“…For over 5,000 years, the Date Palm has been planted throughout the Middle East and North Africa (El-Mously, 2018;Midani et al, 2020). Its Latin name "phoenix dactylifera" comes from "phoenix daktulos," where "phoenix" refers to the color purple or red in Greek and "daktulos" means finger, pointing to the fruit's color and form (Zaid and de Wet, 2002;Ghnimi et al, 2017).…”

Section: Wood Alternativementioning

confidence: 99%

“…The Middle East and North Africa alone produce 90% of the world's date, with Egypt topping the list with 18% in 2020 (FAO, 2020b). The date palm has long been an essential element of the region's economic and social lives (Agoudjila et al, 2011); it may live for more than 100 years, leaving an average of 13 leaves (per palm) as a huge agricultural waste due to the yearly pruning (Midani et al, 2020). Pruning entails eliminating products that have already served their natural purposes and have become unnecessary to the palm, such as midribs and leaflets (El-Sharbasy, 2018; El-Mously, 2020).…”

Section: Wood Alternativementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Since 1991, researchers at Ain Shams University have experimented with DPLM to evaluate it as a wood substitute. Being able to withstand hot desert storms and millions of loading cycles without breaking due to its unique flexible tissue (Agoudjila et al, 2011;El-Mously, 2018;Midani et al, 2020), the midrib has equivalent physical and mechanical qualities to commercial woods such as beech and spruce (El-Mously, 2018. Several attempts have created blockboard, particleboard, and blocks with DPLM, but their uses were limited to small scale crafts and industries due to expensive machinery and time-intensive processing (El-Mously, 2018;El-Mously, 2020;El-Mously and Darwish, 2020).…”

Section: Wood Alternativementioning

confidence: 99%

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Cost-effectiveness and affordability evaluation of a residential prototype built with compressed earth bricks, hybrid roofs and palm midribs

Mohamed

Mahmoud

2023

Front. Built Environ.

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As a response to rising housing prices and the high cost of materials in the building and construction industry, a rural prototype house (the Ecofordable House) was built with alternative technologies. The house is located in the western desert zone of Giza, Egypt, and features enhanced vernacular technologies with local materials. Interlocking compressed stabilized earth brick walls, partially reinforced, jack arch and funicular shell roofs, and date palm midribs were employed in an attempt to reduce the usage of steel, fired bricks, cement, and imported wood. The present research evaluates the house’s construction cost-effectiveness and affordability through detailed real-world data and comparisons of material quantities, labor, and costs with those of conventional methods. The “price-to-income ratio” is used as an indicator of affordability. According to the findings, walls cut costs by half, roofs by a quarter, and midribs by two-thirds; the alternatives combined saved 45%, and the house saved a quarter of the cost after adding common expenses. Moreover, less than one-third of steel, fired bricks, and cement were utilized. In the Egyptian context of government-built houses, the prototype would be affordable for most Egyptian income brackets while the conventional house was expensive for the lowest three. The findings provide empirical support for the economic advantages of enhanced vernacular technologies as alternatives and address residential affordability in similar contexts.

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Date Palm Byproducts in Fibers, Textiles and Composites

EL-Mously

Midani

Darwish

2023

Date Palm Byproducts: A Springboard for Circular Bio Economy

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Comparison of coconut coir and date palm coir (sheath fiber) and their composites

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Reproductive Enhancement through Phytochemical Characteristics and Biological Activities of Date Palm Pollen: A Comprehensive Review on Potential Mechanism Pathways

Reproductive Enhancement through Phytochemical Characteristics and Biological Activities of Date Palm Pollen: A Comprehensive Review on Potential Mechanism Pathways

Cost-effectiveness and affordability evaluation of a residential prototype built with compressed earth bricks, hybrid roofs and palm midribs

Date Palm Byproducts in Fibers, Textiles and Composites

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