Banana Peels and their Prospects for Industrial Utilization
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The banana, one of the most favorite fruits, being the fourth-most important food crop in the world is a staple food and export commodity. Peels are the major by-products of all fruits and vegetables obtained during processing; some studies show that these are good sources of polyphenols, carotenoids and other bioactive compounds, which possess various beneficial effects on human health. Banana peel, being a key source of many functionally important bioactive compounds, is still underutilized and very little scientific effort has been put into identifying its functionality in terms of application to food and nutraceuticals. Scanning electron microscopic analysis demonstrated the microporous structure of the material, while energy dispersive X-ray analysis confirmed the sorption of cadmium on banana peel. Therefore, the use of banana peel in removal of cadmium ions from environmental and industrial wastewater samples will have the advantages of low cost, rapid attainment of phase equilibration and high sorption capacity values.
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Banana peel contains 5.06±0.07 mg/100g iron.
“| Iron | 5.06±0.07 | 7.89±0.79 |”
From Functional, nutritional and medicinal potential of banana peel (2023) · cites this paper as [51]
Table 9.1 in §9.2.1 (Nutrients) lists iron in dessert banana peel as 0.61 mg/100 g on a fresh-weight basis, not 5.06±0.07 mg/100 g. Section 9.2.4 confirms that peel contains iron but gives no support for the claimed amount. (LLM, conf=0.90)
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Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredBanana peel contains 10.38±0.04 mg/100g manganese.
“| Manganese | 10.38±0.04 | 1.25±0.39 |”
From Functional, nutritional and medicinal potential of banana peel (2023) · cites this paper as [51]
Table 9.1 in §9.2.1 (page unavailable) lists manganese in dessert banana peel as 76.20 mg/100 g on a fresh-weight basis, not 10.38±0.04 mg/100 g. Section 9.2.4 confirms that peel contains manganese but gives no value matching the claim. (LLM, conf=0.88)
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Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredBanana peel contains 11.60±0.03 mg/100g zinc.
“| Zinc | 11.60±0.03 | 13.30±0.57 |”
From Functional, nutritional and medicinal potential of banana peel (2023) · cites this paper as [51]
Section 9.2.4 (Micronutrient; page unavailable) says banana peel contains zinc, but gives no zinc concentration. Table 9.1 in section 9.2.1 lists other minerals without a zinc value, so the claimed 11.60±0.03 mg/100 g is not supported by our copy. (LLM, conf=0.86)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredBanana peel contains 1.35±0.05 mg/100g copper.
“| Copper | 1.35±0.05 | 0.59±0.83 |”
From Functional, nutritional and medicinal potential of banana peel (2023) · cites this paper as [51]
Table 9.1 in §9.2.1 lists mineral amounts for banana peel but gives no copper value. Section 9.2.4 discusses other minerals; searches for copper and 1.35±0.05 found no passage supporting the claimed amount. (LLM, conf=0.75)
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- Authors
- Khawas, P., Das, A. J., & Deka, S. C.
- Affiliations
- Tezpur University (IN)
- Venue
- Food Processing By‐Products and their Utilization
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2017-11-03
- Pages
- 195-206
- OpenAlex
- W2766822038
- Cited by
- 11
- References
- 42
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- 2026: 3 · 2025: 3 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 2 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 1
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- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Water Science and Technology › Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Food Science › Agricultural and Biological Research
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Water Science and Technology › Environmental and Analytical Chemistry Studies
- Keywords
- banana peel, fruit by-products, bioactive compounds, polyphenols, carotenoids, nutraceuticals, cadmium sorption, heavy metal removal, wastewater treatment, microporous structure, low-cost adsorbent
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