Cited by 502Food and Agricultural SciencesFood composition and propertiesBanana Cultivation and Research

Effects of the stage of maturation and varieties on the chemical composition of banana and plantain peels

Happi Emaga, Thomas, Andrianaivo, Rado Herinavalona, Wathelet, Bernard, Tchango, Jean Tchango, Paquot, Michel·2007·Food Chemistry

Abstract

A study of the chemical composition of six varieties of fruit peels of the banana and plantain: dessert banana (Musa AAA), plantain (Musa AAB) cooking banana (Musa ABB) and hybrid (Musa AAAB) at three stages of ripeness, was carried out in order to explore their potential applications. The varieties did not affect chemical constituents in a consistent manner. Peel of the six varieties was rich in total dietary fibre (TDF) (40-50%). The protein content in peel of the banana and plantain was 8-11%. Leucine, valine, phenylalanine and threonine were essential amino acids in significant quantities. Lysine was the limiting amino acid. The content of lipid varied from 2.2% to 10.9% and was rich in polyunsaturated fatty acids, particularly linoleic acid and α-linolenic acid. Potassium was the most significant mineral element. Peel of plantain was richer in starch than were the banana peels. Maturation of fruits involved increase in soluble sugar content and, at the same time, decrease in starch. The degradation of the starch under the action of the endogenous enzymes, may explain the increase in the soluble sugar content. Further investigations on the composition and the physiological functions (using animal-feeding experiments) of these dietary fibres must be considered.

Integrity signals

Registry

Crossref · 10.1016/j.foodchem.2006.09.006

Cites

42 of 42 references verified0 citation errors · 0 not checkable

Statistics

Recomputing p-values needs the paper’s full text.

Claims the paper makes

This paper’s full text isn’t openly available, so its claims and self-check weren’t run. The registry and citation checks still apply.

Claims other papers make about this one

Each is checked against this paper’s own text: does it say what the citing paper says it does?

  • Leaves, peels, pseudostems, and stalks of banana contain a high level of lignocellulose, which are key deposits of banana produce.

    “Leaves, peels, psudostems, and stalks all contain a high level of lignocellulose which are the key a deposits of banana produce [11].”

Cites

Flagged first, then by citations

Cited by

Sorted by citations

Authors
Happi Emaga, T., Andrianaivo, R. H., Wathelet, B., Tchango, J. T., & Paquot, M.
Affiliations
  • Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech (BE)
  • Centre Africain de Recherches sur Bananiers et Plantains (CM)
Venue
Food Chemistry
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2007-01
Volume
103
Issue
2
Pages
590-600
ISSN
0308-8146 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2073621318
Cited by
502
References
42
Citations by year
2026: 30 · 2025: 26 · 2024: 25 · 2023: 34 · 2022: 44 · 2021: 41 · 2020: 46 · 2019: 36 · 2018: 35 · 2017: 37 · 2016: 28 · 2015: 27 · 2014: 23 · 2013: 16 · 2012: 11
FWCI
9.11
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Food Chemistry (publishedVersion)
  • ORBi (University of Liège) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Food Science › Food and Agricultural Sciences
  • Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Food composition and properties
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Banana Cultivation and Research
Keywords
banana peel, plantain peel, fruit ripening stages, banana cultivars, dietary fiber, protein content, essential amino acids, polyunsaturated fatty acids, potassium, starch degradation, soluble sugars, fruit composition

About these checks

Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.

Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.

Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.

What counts as a claim ›How we measure confidence ›How we check this ›

Are you an author, or do you see a problem with this page? Request a review