Content of review 1, reviewed on July 20, 2020
The review covers mainly the nutritional bar and health effect of athletes, but almost half third of the article is on date palm and its effect on human health, which is broadly describes in the previous articles. Some of these article as recently published in 2019 and 2020, such as:
Maqsood, S., Adiamo, O., Ahmad, M., & Mudgil, P. (2019). Bioactive compounds from date fruit and seed as potential nutraceutical and functional food ingredients. Food chemistry, 125522. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2019.125522
Functional Food and Nutra-pharmaceutical Perspectives of Date (Phoenix dactylifera L.) Fruit. Journal of Food Biochemistry.
Khalid, S., Khalid, N., Khan, R. S., Ahmed, H., & Ahmad, A. (2017). A review on chemistry and pharmacology of Ajwa date fruit and pit. Trends in food science & technology, 63, 60-69. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tifs.2017.02.009
Yasin, B. R., El-Fawal, H. A., & Mousa, S. A. (2015). Date (Phoenix dactylifera) polyphenolics and other bioactive compounds: A traditional islamic remedy’s potential in prevention of cell damage, cancer therapeutics and beyond. International journal of molecular sciences, 16(12), 30075-30090. doi: 10.3390/ijms161226210
Vayalil, P. K. (2012). Date fruits (Phoenix dactylifera Linn): an emerging medicinal food. Critical reviews in food science and nutrition, 52(3), 249-271. https://doi.org/10.1080/10408398.2010.499824
Baliga, M. S., Baliga, B. R. V., Kandathil, S. M., Bhat, H. P., & Vayalil, P. K. (2011). A review of the chemistry and pharmacology of the date fruits (Phoenix dactylifera L.). Food research international, 44(7), 1812-1822. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodres.2010.07.004
Al-Farsi, M. A., & Lee, C. Y. (2008). Nutritional and functional properties of dates: a review. Critical reviews in food science and nutrition, 48(10), 877-887. DOI: 10.1080/10408390701724264.
If you want to publish this review then you should only focus on the effect of date palm to make nutrition bar for athletes. Also focus on the sport industry and add some latest studies in the review.
Therefore, I recommend that the manuscript should not be considered for publication in this journal.
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References
A., I. S., A., A. A., L., W. L., D., A. R., Rabin, G., Albert, K., O., A. S. 2021. Date fruit: a review of the chemical and nutritional compounds, functional effects and food application in nutrition bars for athletes. International Journal of Food Science & Technology.
