This book is the result of remarkable contribution from the experts of interdisciplinary fields
of Science with comprehensive in-depth and up-to-date research and reviews. It describes the
applications of date palm for food medicine and the environmental sectors. Date palm is one of
the oldest cultivated trees and its fruit has been a dietary staple around the world for many
centuries. Date pulps contain dietary fibers and easily digestible sugars (70%) mainly glucose
sucrose and fructose. They also contain vitamins like biotin thiamine riboflavin ascorbic
and folic acid that are important for our body. The date palm fruit has been used in folk
remedies for the treatment of various infectious diseases cancer and immuno-modulatory
activity. Date stones and date palm leaves are freely and abundantly available biomass.
Therefore the renovation of agricultural biomass wastes into activated carbons for drinking
water purification wastewater treatment treatment of dyes andmetal-ions from aqueous
solution would add value to agricultural commodities which offer a solution to environmental
problems as well as reduce the cost of waste disposal.
