Banana (musa Sapientum var Cavendish) pulp was obtained and drum dried with varied concentrations of prepared cornstarch, skimmed milk powder and sugar. The water activities of the resulting powders were determined and from which the packaging requirement of the free flowing combinations was determined. The dried banana pulp was found to be thermoplastic and highly hygroscopic. The thermosplast...

Mutagenicity and antimutagenicity potentials were tested using Ames' test in crude distilled water and absolute ethanol extracts from the stems and leaves of Peperomia pellucida (Linn.) Kunth, Eichhornia crassipes Solms, Colocasia esculenta Schott and Brachiaria mutica (Forssk.) Stapf, and the stems of Musa sapientum Linn. No mutagenic effect was found in any of the 10 mg/plate crude extracts o...

Bu çal??mada dünyada yayg?n bir tar?m alan?na sahip muz bitkisinin (Musa sapientum) meyve hasad? s?ras?nda oldukça fazla miktarda olu?an gövde at?klar?n?n, ka??t endüstrisinde hammadde olarak kullan?labilirli?inin kimyasal ve morfolojik aç?dan uygunlu?unun ara?t?r?lmas? amaçlanm??t?r. Muz yalanc? gövdesinin ba?l?ca bile?enleri holoselüloz, ?-selüloz lignin s?ras?yla %77.5, %51.0 %12.7 tespit ed...

Getah pisang mengandung beberapa senyawa yang dapat menjadi obat luka, antiradang, dan antibiotik alami seperti turunan keton muskin tetrasiklin. Staphylococcus aureus merupakan bakteri gram positif berbentuk cocus menyebabkan infeksi pada kulit. Tujuan dari penelitian adalah menganalisis ekstrak bonggol ambon kepok dengan konsentrasi 20% 25% dalam menghambat aureus. Berdasarkan data telah dila...