Abstract
Cavendish basrai is considered as the most commonly used banana in Pakistan. This experiment was executed to examine the
assortment of basic quality profile of Cavendish basrai. Study was carried out on the diversity of four different bioactive
characteristics including physical attributes, chemical composition, phenolic constituents and antioxidant potential on
Cavendish basrai pulp and peel during storage at room temperature from unripe to ripe and ripped to over ripe (R1 to R8) at
regular intervals of three days. The continuous increase was observed in pulp to peel ratio, which directly effects on all the
bioactive constituents of both pulp and peel. As a result, moisture and sugar contents, TSS, titratable acidity, TDS, conductance,
% NaCl and ash contents continuously increased with regular trends from R1 to R8 stages while regular decrease in total
organic matter, total dry matter and pH was founded. Chlorophyll a and b, and carotenoids were found to have irregular trends.
Phenolic constituents including total phenolic (TPC) and flavonoid contents (TFC), and total antioxidant activity evaluated by
three different assays (reducing power, phosphomolybdenum and DPPH assays) increased from R1 to R6 but suddenly
decreased from R7 to R8. R5 to R8 considered suitable stages for the utilization of Cavendish basrai banana. In comparison
to peel, significant fall down observed in bioactive characteristics with decay from R1 to R8.
