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aterial 8 Eipeson and Ramteke such as peel, cores, and offcuts. Enzyme with activities up to 6 units/ of dry

material was obtained. Various characteristics of enzyme such as pH, temperature, and activationenergy were also reported. 2.2 Banana Banana (

Musa paradisica ), though marketed mainly as table fruit, is also processed primarily into puree, which is used in the

manufacture of baby foods. The main waste material from banana processing is the peel, which constitutes about 2%4% of thefruit

weight. Depending upon the marketing conditions 1%3% of banana harvest isalso discarded because of over- and underripeness, blemishes, and other characteristics that make the fruit unacceptable for the export market. 2.2.1 Bioconversion of Waste El-Shimi and associates ( carried out studies on bioconversion of banana by Aspergillus foetidus for production of proteins and glucoamylase. -amylase production from banana waste has been investigated by Krishna and Chandrashekharan (. In the process devel- oped, the wastes (banana fruit stalks) were cooked, dried, and ground prior to use in solid- state fermentation. Effects of cooking time and temperature used for processing bananawastes, particle size, moisture, and fermentation parameters (pH, temperatures, nutrients,inoculation size, and incubation period) on yield of -amylase using Bacillus subtilis CBTK 1 were studied. maximal enzyme activity of 5,3,0 mg min /H1was achieved. Maximal yields were obtained by using banana waste that had been cooked at1C for 2 min and with particle size of 4 and an initial moisture content of 7%. Yields of -amylase from the banana waste medium were 2.6-folds higher than those of wheat bran medium. Tiwari and coworkers ( undertook comparative studieson saccharication of banana peels by acid, enzyme, and stem and subsequent productionof ethanol using Saccharomyces cerevisiae var.ellipsoidus Detailed studies of production of bioprotein from banana waste have been carried out at Louisiana St