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  Several studies have found that changing one's lifestyle can help minimise the risk of diabetes. The goal of this study was to compare the effects of native banana starch (NBS) and metformin (MF) on glycemic management and insulin resistance in non-diabetic obese women. HOMA- IR (ge)2.5 HOMA- IR (ge)2.5 HOMA- IR (ge)2.5 HOMA- IR (ge)2.5 HOMA- IR (ge)2.5 HOMA- IR (ge)2.5 HOMA- IR (ge)2.5 HOMA- IR ( One group took NBS 30g/day and the other MF 850 mg/day for an eight-week period. Four weeks of NBS or four weeks of MF treatment lowered fasting glycemia (week 0 vs week 4, p0.05). Fasting insulin and HOMA-IR readings fell gradually after NBS and MF treatments, attaining statistical significance. After eight weeks (week 0 versus week 8, p-0.05), there was a statistically significant difference (week 0 vs week 8). After eight weeks of NBS supplementation, the 30 and 60 minute insulin AUCs tended to be lower than the baseline 30 and 60 minute insulin AUCs. After four or eight weeks, there...

Banana is one of the most ancient crops in the world. It is the most appreciated fruit because of its multipurpose use as food. Being perishable, it deteriorates very quickly. Post-harvest treatment with various suitable chemicals like potassium permanganate, ethrel, dipping in hot water, cold water and use of polythene bags can be used for enhancing shelf-life. Post-harvest treatment of banana fingers with different concentrations of potassium permanganate, ethrel and dippings in hot and cold water and analysis of shelf-life of treated fruits through titratable acidity, ascorbic acid and TSS content of fruit has been carried out during storage. The analysis revealed superiority of ethrel 600 ppm and potassium permanganate as ethylene inhibitor and absorbent to improve storage life banana fruits without loss of nutrient content. Author(s) Details Dr. Amarjeet Kaur Department of Horticulture, Khalsa College Amritsar, Guru Nanak Dev University, India. Sunil Kumar Depart...

Nitrogen (N) is needed for all growth processes, as it is the major component of amino acids, which are the building blocks of proteins, enzymes and the green pigment chlorophyll. Chlorophyll converts sunlight energy into plant energy in the form of sugars and carbohydrates. The sub surface drip fertigation is a technique to apply both water and fertilizers through drip irrigation system during the recent years were shown to be very effective in achieving higher water and fertilizer use efficiencies. The nutrient mobility study revealed that fertigation treatments maintained higher concentration of available nitrogen around root zone of banana compared to surface irrigation with soil application of recommended dose of fertilizers where most of the nutrients moved to deeper layer due to leaching fraction of applied fertilizers. In general, subsurface drip fertigation of 100 per cent RDF treatments in combination with liquid biofertilizers maintained higher available NPK in the post-h...

Bananas are grown in the world mainly for their economic and nutritional value. High perishable nature of banana leads to quality deterioration which distracts consumer and hence high postharvest losses in the market. Climacteric nature of banana make these postharvest losses accelerate by triggering ethylene induced ripening process. Extending banana shelf life could be a considerable commercial benefit for both exporters and retailers. Treatments such as fungicides, heat treatments and low temperature storage are being applied for extending the shelf life of banana. However, nowadays, increased public concern over presence of chemical residues has progressively leads the adoption of heat treatment methods which substitutes as a non-damaging physical treatment for chemical prevention. Heat treatment is one of effective postharvest techniques which have been using as a plant quarantine procedure in other fruits. Indeed, the overall quality of fresh produce treated with optimal hot w...