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The regional newsletter on plantain and banana
Brief summaries of no more than 350 words describing the rationale, objectives, methods, results, and conclusions of small and/or ongoingresearch projects. Abstracts must be self-explanatory and intelligible without reference to publications elsewhere and should not contain tables orfigures. Reviews of articles published elsewhere will also be considered for this section.
متن کاملAnti-nutrients and heavy metals in some new plantain and banana cultivars
Plantain and banana flour are important raw material in the baking and confectionery industry, and complementary food formulation. Five new plantain and banana hybrids developed by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) at Highrainfall Station, Onne, Nigeria were screened for certain anti-nutritional factors and some heavy metals commonly found in foods. Results show that PI...
متن کاملBanana and plantain—an overview with emphasis on Pacific island cultivars
INTRODUCTION The plant family Musaceae, composed of bananas, plantains, and ornamental bananas, originally evolved in Southeast Asia and surrounding tropical and subtropical regions (including New Guinea). Africa is a secondary center of diversity. The two genera Ensete and Musa in the family Musaceae are covered here. Please note that this manuscript is not all-inclusive and that much of the c...
متن کاملPlantain or Edible Banana (musa X Paradisica Var – Sapiemtum) Some Lesser Known Folk Uses in India
Plantain Or edible banana (Musa X paradisiacal var. Sapientum), an important commercial fruit item of the tropics, is known in India since time immemorial. Apart from its use as a valuable food item, banana fruits and the different part of plant find diverse uses in various folk practices, customs, religious rituals and medicine among the villagers and tribal communities of the country which ar...
متن کاملEvaluation of wound healing activity of extracts of plantain banana (Musa sapientum var. paradisiaca) in rats.
Plantain banana (M. sapientum var. paradisiaca, MS) has been shown to possess ulcer healing activity. The present work with plantain banana was undertaken with the premise that the drug promoting ulcer healing could have effect on wound healing also. Wound healing activity of MS was studied in terms of (i) percent wound contraction, epithelization period and scar area; (ii) wound breaking stren...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Advancements in Genetic Engineering
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2169-0111
DOI: 10.4172/2169-0111.1000114