| dc.description | The generic name Musa is derived from the Arabic word “mouz”. Bananas were known to
the Early Arabs and appear in the Holy Koran as the “Tree of Paradise”. The earliest
‘scientific’ classification of bananas was made by Linnaeus in 1783. He gave the name
Musa sapientium to all dessert bananas which are sweet when ripe and which are eaten
fresh.
The word “banana” is a general term embracing a number of species or hybrids in the
Musa of the family Musaceae. Bananas and plantains (cultivars of banana having firmer
and starchier fruit) are grown today in every humid tropical region and constitute the
second largest fruit crop following the citrus fruits of the world (Haque, 2008). Due to its
perishable nature the banana cannot be preserved more than 7 days at room temperature
(20°C) from the initiation of ripening (Farid, 2003). About one fifth of the harvested
bananas is spoiled or rejected (Choo, 2007). In order to increase the utilization of culled
banana, some researchers have suggested converting the green banana into flour and
starch (Suntharalingam and Ravindran, 1993). | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | The study was conducted to prepare banana powder from ripe banana and also to
determine physico-chemical properties of banana powder during storage. Fresh ripe
banana was analyzed for its composition. The banana pulp contained 70.75g moisture,
0.97g protein, 0.43g fat, 0.85g ash, 27g total carbohydrate, 135.72 mg potassium, 13.37
mg calcium, 31.46 mg magnesium, 0.178 mg zinc, 0.491 mg iron and 25.34 mg
phosphorus per 100g. The sliced (approx. 2 mm thick) banana were pretreated (The first
control sample was without treatment; the 2°’, 3 and 4" sample were pretreated with
0.5% of citric acid, 0.1% of potassium metabisulfite (KMS) and mixed solution of 0.5%
of citric acid with 0.1% of potassium metabisulfite (KMS) respectively for 10 minutes
each), dried (at 60°C for 24 hours), grounded into powder, packed (in 0.0508 mm thick
polyethylene bags), stored at room temperature (21°C- 32°C) and analyzed for physicochemical properties during 180 day’s storage at each & after 60 day’s interval and all
were mean values of each sample obtained each interval at the end of total storage
period. During storage 4 sample secured highest water holding capacity (3.678g/g) and
oil holding capacity (0.985 g/g). Control sample secured the highest (8.915 %) & 4”
sample secured the lowest (6.117 %) moisture content. For ash content control sample
secured highest (3.57 %) & 4 sample the lowest (2.548 %) value. The protein content
was highest in 4" (3.01 %) & lowest in control sample (2.095 %). 4 sample secured the
highest (0.6625 %) & control the lowest (0.525 %) fat content. The total carbohydrate
content of 4" sample was highest (87.67 %). The analysis of mineral composition was
showed that 4 sample secured the highest potassium content (325.2 mg), calcium
content (58.31 mg), magnesium content (148.4 mg), zinc content (2.653 mg), iron
content (10.62 mg) & phosphorus content (78.22 mg) per 100g respectively. From the
overall assessment 4" sample was the best quality of banana powder which was
pretreated with the mixed solution of 0.5% of citric acid with 0.1% of potassium
metabisulfite (KMS). | en_US |
