Musa x paradisiaca

Common Names: French plantain, plantain, banana

Ethnobotanical Studies

Studies

Soluble Non-Starch Polysaccharides From Plantain (Musa x paradisiaca L.) Diminish Epithelial Impact of Clostridioides difficile.

Simpson HL et al (2021).
Front Pharmacol.
PubMed:
34955836

Activity budget, home range and diet of the Colombian night monkey (Aotus lemurinus) in peri-urban forest fragments.

Bustamante-Manrique S et al (2021).
Primates.
PubMed:
33599820

Antidiabetic activity of Musa x paradisiaca extracts in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats and chemical characterization by HPLC-DAD-MS.

Vilhena RO et al (2020).
J Ethnopharmacol.
PubMed:
32084552

A stress associated NAC transcription factor MpSNAC67 from banana (Musa x paradisiaca) is involved in regulation of chlorophyll catabolic pathway.

Tak H et al (2018).
Plant Physiol Biochem.
PubMed:
30172854

The fluorescent blue glow of banana fruits is not due to symplasmic plastidial catabolism but arises from insoluble phenols estherified to the cell wall.

Tiessen A et al (2018).
Plant Sci.
PubMed:
30107883

Management of Fruit Species in Urban Home Gardens of Argentina Atlantic Forest as an Influence for Landscape Domestication.

Furlan V, Pochettino ML and Hilgert NI (2017).
Front Plant Sci.
PubMed:
29033964

In vitro effects of Musa x paradisiaca extracts on four developmental stages of Haemonchus contortus.

Marie-Magdeleine C et al (2014).
Res Vet Sci.
PubMed:
24382490

Galactagogue effects of Musa x paradisiaca flower extract on lactating rats.

Mahmood A, Omar MN and Ngah N (2012).
Asian Pac J Trop Med.
PubMed:
23146802

Biting rates and developmental substrates for biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in Iquitos, Peru.

Mercer DR et al (2003).
J Med Entomol.
PubMed:
14765657

Constituents of Musa x paradisiaca cultivar with the potential to induce the phase II enzyme, quinone reductase.

Jang DS et al (2002).
J Agric Food Chem.
PubMed:
12381112

Induction of gram-negative bacterial growth by neurochemical containing banana (Musa x paradisiaca) extracts.

Lyte M et al (1997).
FEMS Microbiol Lett.
PubMed:
9311120