PHYTOCHEMICAL SCREENING OF DRIED PEPPER (SUN DRYING AND ROOM DRYING) (CAPSICUM ANNUUM)

Student: Rukkaya Saba Muhammad
Supervisor: Dr Kolo Olusayo
HOD: Mr Amos Tsado
Department of Microbiology
Natural and Applied Sciences
Niger State Polytechnic, Zungeru, Niger State

Abstract

ABSTRACT The aim of the study was to investigate the phytochemical compounds present in pepper (Capsicum annuum) extract with Ethanol as solvent. The phytochemical screening of plant extracts revealed the presence of Tannin, Phenol, terpenoid, alkaloids, flavonoid in sun dried cayenne pepper and sun dried bell pepper and revealed absence of Saponin. While the room dried plant extracts (cayenne and bell pepper) revealed the Tannin, Phenol, alkaloids, terpenoid, Saponin, flavonoid  

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