why do banana turn brown?

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why do banana turn brown?

why do banana turn brown

2007-05-22 14:54:36 · 3 answers · asked by Tasha W 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Botany

3 answers

Someone took them out of the nitrous oxide environment in which they were shipped, leaving them suseptible to things like ethylene.

2007-05-22 16:00:18 · answer #1 · answered by BotanyDave 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋

there are enzymes that change the banana by oxidizing it...well ok this is mainly for when you cut a banana and leave it for a while...if you mean a banana in general its just the phases of ripening and the brown phase as correctly said before is due to ethylene (plant hormone for ripeing fruit),

2007-05-23 03:25:23 · answer #2 · answered by mareeclara 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

It is getting old. When it rots it shrinks and turns black.

2007-05-22 22:26:36 · answer #3 · answered by Kevin H 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋