Processing pineapple industry produces huge amounts of waste thus contributing to worsen
the global environmental problem. Valorising pineapple waste through further processing …

Introduction For decades, viral diseases have been treated using medicinal plants and
herbal practices in the northern part of Nigeria. Though scarcely investigated, these …

Abstract aging is an inevitable biological complex process. It involves the gradual loss of
cellular vitality due to accumulative damage to cellular macromolecules by reactive oxygen …

Background Pineapple peel is a waste component of pineapple with valuable source of
metabolites as phytoactive compounds in ameliorating metabolic-related disorders. This …

Antioxidant and antibacterial activities of Ananas comosus peel extracts (n-hexane,
dichloromethane, ethyl acetate, methanol and aqueous) had been evaluated. The …

Plants like pineapple and coconut are able to exhibit inhibitory effect against the growth of
most food borne pathogens, due to the presence of various secondary metabolites. The aim …

Oxidative stress is implicated in the pathophysiology of a plethora of diseases. In this
research, pilot studies were carried out in the methanol extracts of the ten fruit peels to …

Pineapple weevil waste is a residual part of the pineapple flesh which is usually thrown
away and not used because of its hard inside. Sunscreen is a skin care product that serves …

Pineapple peel (Ananas comosus (L.) Merr.) has a potential natural-based anthelmintic
agent. This study aimed to determine the effective concentration of pineapple peel juice …

Tropical ecosystems are rich in plant species of special interest to the pharmacological
industry. Tropical fruit peels contain several bioactive compounds and show biological …