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- Title
Smoke-water obtained via different biotics: a cost-effective and safer approach to biochemically sound banana ripening with prolonged shelf-life.
- Authors
Siddiq, Sana; Rauf, Naseem; Bibi, Fatima; Malik, Tahir S. S.; Kalsoom, Razia; Hussain, Fouzia; Farooq, Muhammad
- Abstract
This study was conducted to investigate the efficacy of smoke-water obtained from biotics, for example coconut shells, rice husk, and pine cones on banana ripening, and compared with calcium carbide. Bio-chemical composition and remarkable bactericidal effect towards ATCC cultures of Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, and Bacillus cereus discovered the biological safety of the smoke-water in all collected smoke-water samples. Further, inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) was carried out to investigate heavy metals; however, no traces were found in all collected samples. Consequently, it is proposed that heavy metal-free smoke-water obtained from various biotics series might be employed as ultrasafe fruit ripening as compared to calcium carbide (CaC2) that was found with heavy metal traces.
- Subjects
BANANAS; INDUCTIVELY coupled plasma mass spectrometry; FRUIT ripening; WEEDS; PINE cones; CALCIUM carbide; HEAVY metals
- Publication
Environmental Science & Pollution Research, 2024, Vol 31, Issue 10, p14971
- ISSN
0944-1344
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11356-024-32042-5