Original Articles: 2016 Vol: 8 Issue: 4
Identification of phenolic compounds from banana peel (Musa paradaisica L.) as antioxidant and antimicrobial agents
Abstract
This study was carried out to investigate the chemical composition and biological activity of banana peel extracts;
the efficiency of the different solvent systems: aqueous, 80 % methanol, 80% ethanol and 80% acetone was used for
extraction of phenolic, flavonoid and tannin compounds. Banana peel relative antioxidants potential by four assays
DPPH·, Fe2+-chelating, Reducing power and ABTS·+ inhibitor activities was evaluated. Analysis showed that the
percentage of moisture, protein, crude fat and total carbohydrates were 88.10, 13.42, 7.57, 10.44 and 68.31 g/100g
DW respectively. For mineral content, potassium is the major element found in banana peel was (9.39 % of DW)
followed by magnesium, calcium, sodium and phosphorus were (0.71, 0.44, 0.18 and 0.09 % of DW), respectively.
Also, the content of microelement including iron, manganese, zinc and copper were 96.50, 35.01, 27.95 and 3.37
ppm, respectively. Methanolic extract (80%) had the highest content of total phenolic, flavonoid and tannin were
17.89, 21.04 and 24.21 mg /g DW respectively. Most of acetone banana peel extracts (80%) was found to be highest
antioxidant and antimicrobial activity at 600 ppm against gram positive and negative bacteria, fungi and yeast. The
phenolic profiles of banana peel acetone extract was identified by HPLC. The main phenolic compounds was
chyrsin, qurectein and catchin. These results clearly encourage the application of banana peel as a potent natural
source of antioxidant and antimicrobial sources.