National Physical and Standards Lab, Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (PCSIR), Islamabad, H-9, Pakistan.
Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (PCSIR), 1-Constitution Avenue, G-5/2, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2024 Feb;31(10):14971-14979. doi: 10.1007/s11356-024-32042-5. Epub 2024 Jan 29.
This study was conducted to investigate the efficacy of smoke-water obtained from biotics, for example coconut shells, rice husk, and pine cones on banana ripening, and compared with calcium carbide. Bio-chemical composition and remarkable bactericidal effect towards ATCC cultures of Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, and Bacillus cereus discovered the biological safety of the smoke-water in all collected smoke-water samples. Further, inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) was carried out to investigate heavy metals; however, no traces were found in all collected samples. Consequently, it is proposed that heavy metal-free smoke-water obtained from various biotics series might be employed as ultrasafe fruit ripening as compared to calcium carbide (CaC) that was found with heavy metal traces.
本研究旨在探究生物源（如椰子壳、稻壳和松果）产生的烟雾水在香蕉催熟方面的功效，并与碳化钙进行比较。对取自所有收集的烟雾水样本的大肠杆菌、金黄色葡萄球菌和蜡样芽孢杆菌 ATCC 培养物的生物化学组成和显著杀菌作用的研究发现，烟雾水具有生物安全性。此外，还进行了电感耦合等离子体质谱（ICP-MS）分析以检测重金属，但在所有收集的样本中均未发现痕量重金属。因此，与含有重金属痕迹的碳化钙（CaC）相比，建议使用各种生物源系列获得的无重金属烟雾水作为超安全的水果催熟剂。
