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Musa

musa

Origin: NL, fr. Ar. Mauz, mauza, banana.

(Science: botany) A genus of perennial, herbaceous, endogenous plants of great size, including the banana (Musa sapientum), the plantain (M. Paradisiaca of Linnaeus, but probably not a distinct species), the Abyssinian (M. Ensete), the Philippine island (M. Textilis, which yields Manila hemp), and about eighteen other species.


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... aspirin-induced erosions. J Nutr Biochem 2001;12(2):85-100. 24. Mukhopadhyaya K, Bhattacharya D, Chakraborty A, et al. Effect of banana powder (Musa sapeintus var. paradisiaca) on gastric mucosal shedding. J Ethnopharmacol 1987;21(1):11-19. 25. Wakabayashi H, Orihara T, Nakaya A, et al. Effect ...

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