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Determination of potash alkali and metal contents of ashes obtained from peels of some varieties of Nigeria grown Musa species

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Babayemi, Joshua O., Dauda, Khadijah T., Kayode, Abideen A.A., Nwude, Davies O., Ajiboye, John A., Essien, Enobong R., Abiona, Olufunmilayo O.·2010·BioResources
DOI 10.15376/biores.5.3.1384-1392
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Potash alkali and metal contents of ashes obtained from peels of six varieties of Nigeria Musa species were investigated. The varieties of Musa species – Musa paradisiaca (plantain), Musa ‘Gross Michel’ (Igbo banana), M.sapientum L. (paranta), Musa ‘Wild Banana’ (omini), Musa ‘Red’ (sweet banana), and Musa ‘Fugamo’ (somupeke), were investigated. The moisture, dry matter, ash and alkali contents; concentration of metals in the ashes and in the contents extracted with water from the ashes; and the ratio of potassium to other metals in the ashes and in the corresponding extracts were determined. Moisture contents ranged from 80.9 to 86.7%; dry matter content, 13.3 to 19.1%; ash content, 6.3 to 12.0%; alkali content, 69.0 to 81.9% of ash and 4.7 to 9.6% of dry sample. Samples ranged between 2.60 and 720mg/kg and in the corresponding extracts, BDL to 500.49mg/kg; ratio of concentration of potassium to other metals in the samples, 0.6 to 395; and in the extracts, 0.5 to 313. Gross michel showed the highest concentration of K (750mg/kg) while omini banana gave the lowest average value (112.70mg/kg).

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Authors
Babayemi, J. O., Dauda, K. T., Kayode, A. A. A., Nwude, D. O., Ajiboye, J. A., Essien, E. R., & Abiona, O. O.
Affiliations
Bells University of Technology (NG)
Corresponding author
Babayemi, Joshua O.
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Venue
BioResources
Publisher
BioResources
Published
2010-05-13
Volume
5
Issue
3
Pages
1384-1392
ISSN
1930-2126 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.15376/biores.5.3.1384-1392
OpenAlex
W1922795657
Semantic Scholar
20e87f78d28b59db102b20713dccf6a6a02be965
Cited by
29
References
20
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2025: 2 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 3 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 1
FWCI
2.45
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • BioResources (publishedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Food Science › Food Nutrient Composition and Product Development
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Banana Cultivation and Research
  • Physical Sciences › Chemistry › Analytical Chemistry › Heavy Metals in Plants
Keywords
banana peel, Musa, potassium, heavy metals, ash content, plantain, banana cultivars, aqueous extract

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