Fruit and vegetable waste: Bioactive compounds, their extraction, and possible utilization

NA Sagar, S Pareek, S Sharma… - … reviews in food …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Fruits and vegetables are the most utilized commodities among all horticultural crops. They
are consumed raw, minimally processed, as well as processed, due to their nutrients and …

Prospects of banana waste utilization in wastewater treatment: A review

T Ahmad, M Danish - Journal of environmental management, 2018 - Elsevier
This review article explores utilization of banana waste (fruit peels, pseudo-stem, trunks, and
leaves) as precursor materials to produce an adsorbent, and its application against …

Banana by-products: an under-utilized renewable food biomass with great potential

BS Padam, HS Tin, FY Chye, MI Abdullah - Journal of food science and …, 2014 - Springer
Banana (Musaceae) is one of the world's most important fruit crops that is widely cultivated
in tropical countries for its valuable applications in food industry. Its enormous by-products …

Banana pseudo-stem biochar derived from slow and fast pyrolysis process

N Abdullah, RM Taib, NSM Aziz, MR Omar, NM Disa - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
This study evaluated the properties of banana pseudo-stem (BPS) biochar derived from two
different types of pyrolysis. The fast pyrolysis experiment was performed using a worktable …

High adsorptive potential of calcined magnetic biochar derived from banana peels for Cu2+, Hg2+, and Zn2+ ions removal in single and ternary systems

AA Oladipo, EO Ahaka, M Gazi - Environmental Science and Pollution …, 2019 - Springer
The use of banana peel as a sustainable and low-cost precursor for the fabrication of
effective biochar was exploited. Here, calcined magnetic biochar (CMB) was fabricated and …

Production of enzymes from agricultural wastes and their potential industrial applications

S Bharathiraja, J Suriya, M Krishnan… - Advances in food and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Enzymatic hydrolysis is the significant technique for the conversion of agricultural wastes
into valuable products. Agroindustrial wastes such as rice bran, wheat bran, wheat straw …

H3PO4–activated carbon fibers of high surface area from banana tree pseudo-stem fibers: adsorption studies of methylene blue dye in batch and fixed bed systems

MC Silva, L Spessato, TL Silva, GKP Lopes… - Journal of Molecular …, 2021 - Elsevier
The present work reports the preparation and characterization of activated carbon fibers
(ACF) from banana tree pseudo-stem. ACF were prepared via slow pyrolysis from two …

Treatment methods for wine-related and distillery wastewaters: a review

PJ Strong, JE Burgess - Bioremediation journal, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT A large and increasing volume of wastewater is produced globally by the winery
and distillery industries. These wastewaters are generally acidic, high in chemical oxygen …

Pretreatment of banana agricultural waste for bio-ethanol production: Individual and interactive effects of acid and alkali pretreatments with autoclaving, microwave …

J Gabhane, SPMP William, A Gadhe, R Rath… - Waste management, 2014 - Elsevier
Banana agricultural waste is one of the potential lignocellulosic substrates which are mostly
un-utilized but sufficiently available in many parts of the world. In the present study …

Prospectives for the development of a circular bioeconomy around the banana value chain

M Fiallos-Cárdenas, S Pérez-Martínez… - Sustainable Production …, 2022 - Elsevier
Bananas are one of the most widely consumed crops globally. However, this industry
generates a large amount of residual biomass that is currently undervalued. The disposal of …