Pharmacological study of the muscle paralyzing activity of the juice of the banana trunk

BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES of Musa SPECIES : Musa TÜRLERİNİN BİYOLOJİK AKTİVİTELERİ

“…Monopotassium oxalate was found to be the active compound and the effect of this compound on the muscle preparation was investigated. The findings in this work suggested that monopotassium oxalate could be responsible for the muscular paralysis caused by the juice of banana trunk (27). The stem juice of banana, used as an arrow poison in Africa, was tested in the same kind of experiment.…”