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Introduction and Importance of Musa Paradisiaca and their Relevance to Human Health


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1 Department of Biotechnology, School of Sciences, P.P. Savani University, Kosamba, Surat, Gujarat, India
2 Department of Microbiology, Vidya Pratishthan’s, Arts, Science and Commerce College, Baramati, Maharashtra,, India
     

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This plant i.e. Musa paradisiaca is well known and showed various medicinal properties as mentioned in the literature. The activities of various plant product of Musa paradisiaca especially ischolar_mains (anthelmintic, antiscorbutic, depurative etc.); fruits (anthelmintic, aphrodisiac, antiscorbutic etc.); flowers (dysentery, diabetes, ascites, dropsy etc.) and ash, burning plant (antiscorbutic, anthelmintic etc ). In view of these medicinal uses, we tried to collect some information about this plant in the form of review and tried to focus on this plant and their relevance to human health.

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Musa paradisiaca, Roots, Fruits, Flowers, Human, Health.
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Authors

Amit Gupta
Department of Biotechnology, School of Sciences, P.P. Savani University, Kosamba, Surat, Gujarat, India
Abhijit Powar
Department of Microbiology, Vidya Pratishthan’s, Arts, Science and Commerce College, Baramati, Maharashtra,, India

Abstract


This plant i.e. Musa paradisiaca is well known and showed various medicinal properties as mentioned in the literature. The activities of various plant product of Musa paradisiaca especially ischolar_mains (anthelmintic, antiscorbutic, depurative etc.); fruits (anthelmintic, aphrodisiac, antiscorbutic etc.); flowers (dysentery, diabetes, ascites, dropsy etc.) and ash, burning plant (antiscorbutic, anthelmintic etc ). In view of these medicinal uses, we tried to collect some information about this plant in the form of review and tried to focus on this plant and their relevance to human health.

Keywords


Musa paradisiaca, Roots, Fruits, Flowers, Human, Health.

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