Little data exists on cadmium (Cd) accumulation in many plant species now commonly used as animal forages in New Zealand livestock grazing systems. A glasshouse trial was undertaken on 12 forage species to address this knowledge gap. Mean tissue Cd concentration decreased in the order chicory > plantain > turnip > lucerne > sheep’s burnet > strawberry clover > kale > perennial ryegrass > haresf...

Abstract Background More people—in both developing and developed countries—now use, are favourably disposed to, traditional medicine. Musa paradisiaca (plantain) is used extensively in medicine across continents. In this review, we investigated the scientific justification of extensive usage. Main body Generally, several studies validate usage infectious diseases, but limited antiviral vivo rep...

The data given below relates to the research paper entitled: "Eco-friendly films prepared from plantain flour/PCL blends under reactive extrusion conditions using zirconium octanoate as a catalyst", recently published by our research group [1]. This article provides information concerning the physicochemical properties of the above-mentioned film systems: thickness, density, opacity, moisture c...

Aim: This study examined the potential of value addition to Plantain in improving rural households’ income Ekiti State, Nigeria. The investigated socio-economic variables plantain processors, identified value-added products, factors influencing addition, profitability and overall contributions income.
 Methodology: A multi-stage sampling technique was used coupled with a well-structured qu...

Fresh forages are an important natural source of vitamins and fatty acids in ruminant diets, and their concentrations in forage species are important for the quality of animal-derived foods such as dairy and meat products. The aims of this study were to obtain novel information on vitamins and fatty acids (FA) in a variety of forage legumes and non-legume forb species compared to a grass-clover...