Antioxidant properties of three banana cultivars (Musa acuminate ‘Berangan’, ‘Mas’ and ‘Raja’) extracts

• Main Authors: Tan, Ee Shian, Aminah Abdullah,, Khalid Hamid Musa,, Maaruf Abd. Ghani,, Mohammad Yusof Maskat,
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2012
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/3584/1/07%2520Tan%2520Ee%2520Shian.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/3584/; http://www.ukm.my/jsm/contents.html

The effect of solvent type in antioxidant compounds extraction from banana tissues was studied. The solvent system used was pure methanol, ethanol, acetone and their aqueous solution at 50% and 70% concentrations. Comparison among three common cultivars of banana in Malaysia (Berangan, Mas and Raja)...