“…Investigations revealed that date palm possesses antioxidant, antimutagenic (Vayalil 2002), antihaemolytic (Abuharfeil et al 1999), antiviral (Jassim and Naji 2010), antifungal (Shraideh et al 1998), anti-inflammatory (Mohamed and Al-Okabi 2004), antihyperlipidemic (Al-Maiman 2005), hepatoprotective (Al-Qarawi et al 2004; Sheikh et al 2014), nephroprotective (Al-Qarawi et al 2008), gastroprotective (Al-Qarawi et al 2005), anticancer (Ishurd and Kennedy 2005), immunostimulating (Puri et al 2000), and gonadotropic (El-Mougy et al 1991) activity. The date fruit is also rich in pharmacologically important phytochemical constituents including simple pheolics ( p -hydroxy benzoic acid, protocatechuic acid, gallic acid, vanillic acid, syringic acid), phenylpropanoids (cinnamic acid, caffeic acid, o -caffeoyl shikimic acid, ferulic acid, sinapic acid, o -coumaric acid, p -coumaric acid) (Mansouri et al 2005), carotenoids (β-carotene, lutein), sterols (cholesterol, campesterol, stigmasterol, β-sitosterol, isofucosterol) (Kikuchi and Miki 1978), flavonoids and their glycosides (catechin, epi -catechin, quercetin, luteolin, apigenin) (Hong et al 2006), procyaninidins (Hong et al 2006), and anthocyanins (Al-Farsi et al 2005). …”