Project Name : Antioxidant Activity of Banana Peel.
Project Theme: Community Health & Environment
Objective: To investigate:
The anti oxidant activity of banana peel extract obtained from acetone.
To prepare value added and consumable product from the peel.
Scientific Principle Involved: Free radicals are continuously produced in our body either naturally or on exposure to environmental stress, as well as other factors, and can be implicated in many diseases like cancer, atherosclerosis, arthritis, Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, aging and other age related problems. Mammalian cells possess elaborate defense mechanisms for radical detoxification. Antioxidants are agents, which scavenge the free radicals and prevent the damage caused by them. Due to their minimal side effects, there is growing interest in using natural products for preventive and therapeutic medicine.
Materials Used: Banana peels, solvent 70% Acetone, Methanol, DPPH, Sulphosalisalic acid, Toulene and Ninhydrin.
Working Investigations/findings: Present investigation reveals the antioxidant nature of banana peel. Extract of banana peel was used for extraction of antioxidant using 70 % acetone and found to have antioxidant activity which was revealed by performing various tests.
Utility and further scope of the project: We can isolate and purify the antioxidants from the active extract and further pharmacological evaluation of the extract and application of the extract in food, pharmaceuticals and beauty products can be done.
Name of the School: Tagore Public School, Allahabad.
