Protein Fiber Fat Ca P K Mg Fe Zn Protein 1 -0.03 0.07 -0.12 -0.10 -0.22 0.09 0.60* 0.30 Fiber -0.03 1 -0.60** -0.04 0.26 0.21 0.43 0.15 0.28 Fat 0.07 -0.60** 1 0.35 -0.04 -0.10 -0.12 -0.14 -0.34 Ca -0.12 -0.04 0.35 1 -0.11 0.12 -0.22 0.13 0.32 P -0.10 0.26 -0.04 -0.11 1 0.28 0.53* -0.12 -0.17 K -0.22 0.21 -0.10 0.12 0.28 1 0.28 -0.21 -0.10 Mg 0.09 0.43 -0.12 -0.22 0.53* 0.28 1 -0.3 -0.19 Fe 0.60* 0.15 -0.14 0.13 -0.12 -0.21 -0.3 1 0.53* Zn 0.30 0.28 -0.34 0.32 -0.17 -0.10 -0.19 0.53* 1

*Spearman’s correlation coefficients were calculated. Statistical significance set at p<0.05, *p<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001

Table 5: Correlations between nutritional parameters among 18 varieties of date seeds.*