… secondary sources for Fiber production, with a case study involving banana plant residual
… Banana pseudo-stem Fibers, which have exceptional physical and mechanical qualities, are …

… of bananas, estimated to be 88 million tons, ranks fourth in agricultural production. Bananas
are … Ba nana products represent an essential food resource and have an impor tant …

… The bracts were separated and banana flowers were carefully removed and thereafter they
… The banana inflorescence has also been found to contain huge amount of dietary fibers in it.…

Bananas and plantains are one of the most important fruit-food crops, globally. They not …
Although more than 100 billion bananas are consumed every year, grown all year around in …

… is focused on the application of bananas in food, health care, … Banana puree is the source
of high dietary fiber and helpful in lowering heart risk. Banana puree is used for baby foods …

… Banana flowers contain abundant dietary fiber as well as … Inflorescence or blossom (bracts
and male flowers) of banana (… by removing outer 2−3 bracts and flowers. The chopped pieces …

… Banana is the most important tropical fruit of the world. Bananas and plantains are the fourth
most important food … Bananas are staple food in some of the African countries. Therefore, it …

… of banana pseudo-stem fibres extracted from five common Sri Lankan cultivars. The banana
… improvement through gamma irradiation and testing for banana bract mosaic virus in Sri …

… Dietary fiber extracted from banana flowers serves as a container for biologically active
substances, which enhances the digestive tract and lowers colon cancer risk when they are …

… -forming properties of dietary fibers are of equal importance. Functional properties like solubility,
water… influenced by soluble dietary fiber fraction [14]. This makes its utilization suitable in …