Asian Journal of Research in Chemistry
  • Year: 2018
  • Volume: 11
  • Issue: 3

Spectro photometric study of lycopene extract after various treatments of fertilizers and manure

Department of Chemistry, Shivneri Mahavidyalaya Shirur Anantpal, Dist-Latur, 413544. Maharashtra, India

*Corresponding Author E-mail: sssymane@gmail.com

Online published on 21 August, 2018.

Abstract

In present work extraction, isolation and spectro photometric study of lycopene was be done by various methods and effect of various fertilizer on lycopene after treatment on source plant was studied. The Several studies have been undertaken for the extraction of lycopene and for its quantification in various natural sources. Here we studied 13 types of treated tomato samples, using different analytical methods. The outcome of the study shows that the good analytical method for quantification of lycopene in tomatoes

Keywords

Lycopene, extraction, hexane, acetone, benzene, fertilizers, farm manur, ethanol