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What makes bananas go brown?

April 26, 2017bananas Botany Brown Mathematics

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What makes bananas go brown?

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Bananas turn brown because once they are ripe, they go through a process known as oxidation. Basically what happens is the ripe banana has enzymes which mix with plant compounds (phenols) that, when exposed to oxygen, make the skin of the banana turn brown.