A Review: Application and Effects of Green Banana on Therapeutic Activity

: Banana has tremendous health benefits and it is high in fibers and a source of vitamin A. Banana belongs to the family ‘musaceae’ is a very common plant intropical and subtropical countries. Green bananas used to improve insulin level and it is low in sugar. Two spoon of raw banana flour contain nutrients of seven bananas which reduces cholesterol level. This review studied that the effect on therapeutic activities of green banana which include antidiarrheal, antimicrobial, hypocholesterolaemic activity, antihypertensive activity, effect against atherosclerosis, antioxidant action, wound healing activity, anti-allergic effect and antimalarial activity. Amount of starch in bananas that have endured a drought, the preclimacteric stage has fallen from 70-80% to fewer than 1%. In United States approximately 90% of bananas produced as fresh fruit. For future processing 5% is consumed in processed form providing a good potential.