date:Dec 11, 2019
or textiles, some as compost, but other than that, its a huge waste.
Arcot and Stenzel (UNSW School of Chemistry) wondered whether the pseudostems would be valuable sources of cellulose an important structural component of plant cell walls that could be used in packaging, paper products, textiles and even medical applications such as wound healing and drug delivery.
Using a reliable supply of pseudostem material from banana plants grown at the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney, the duo set to work