IIARD International Institute of Academic Research and Development

International Journal of Agriculture and Earth Science (IJAES )

E- ISSN 2489-0081
P- ISSN 2695-1894
VOL. 8 NO. 7 2022
DOI: https://doi.org/10.56201/ijaes.v8.no7.2022.pg51.56

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Studies on the Fungi and Phytochemical Potential of Tomatoes (Solunium Lycopersicum L.) in Port Harcourt

Okogbule, F. N. C. Wekhe, E.O. Minima S.O. and Obichi, E. A

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Abstract

Tomato contains large amount of water which makes it more susceptible to spoilage by fungi. The fungi responsible for the tomatoes spoilage, produce mycotoxins that are detrimental to human health. The sample from Mile 1 market had highest colony count of Mucur spp. The phytochemical study of the tomato extracts both revealed that phenol had the highest occurrence 30.25±1.35 & 22.2±1.60 and tannin lowest 2.83±0.73& 0.24±0.12. Bioactive compounds stored in plant possess biological and antibacterial activities that can be used as an alternative medicine for the treatment of bacterial infections in man. These compounds have been reported to bestow resistance in opposition to microbial pathogens and this could be accountable for the exhibition of antibacterial activity by both extracts in this present study.

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