Antimicrobial activity in BANANA ?

[Forday Wayne Lee]

In article <7MAR94.17482793 at tifrvax.tifr.res.in>,
NEVIL J. SINGH <nevil at tifrvax.tifr.res.in> wrote:
:>
:>Does anyone know of strong and specific antimicrobial
:>activity being reported from any extract or whole tissue of
:>the Banana plant.

I am interested to know how a starch rich delicious banana prevents
microbial degradation.



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