Composición química y actividad biológica del pseudotallo de musa x paradisiaca (banano)

Abstract

The banana industry for export is an important item in the economy of countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia and Africa. The harvest and post-harvest of bananas or plantains generates large amounts of waste that, without proper treatment, could represent a risk to the environment. For this reason, the general objective of the research was to evaluate the chemical and biological properties of aqueous and hydroalcoholic extracts obtained from the pseudostem of Musa x paradisiaca L. To the raw milled drug was determined, as a quality control, residual moisture reflecting a 5.887%, parameter that is within the permissible limits; for the total ashes, 16.287% was obtained, which, although it is high, falls within the range variable referred to by other authors for the species. Given the need to determine which were the inorganic elements present in the crude drug, the determination was made, not only of beneficial minerals, but also of heavy metals. highlighted by the presence of potassium, as the macronutrient of greatest abundance, with 5.81%; followed by iron and manganese micronutrients with 169.70 and 129.80 ppm, respectively. Heavy metals (As and Pb) do not exceed the permissible limits.