Journal of Food Processing & Technology

Comparative phytochemical screening of Trametes species, a wild mushroom collected from Ondo State, Nigeria

International Conference on Food Microbiology

August 08-10, 2016 Birmingham, UK

Oluwafemi Yinka Doris

Federal University of Technology, Nigeria

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Food Process Technol

Abstract:

Phytochemical studies were carried out on the Trametes species (L) collected from Ondo, Akure and Ipele districts, Ondo State, Nigeria. Three extracting solvents viz. Ethanol, ethyl acetate and hexane were used in the extraction of bioactive compounds from the fungus. Qualitative and quantitative analysis of nine secondary metabolites (alkaloids, tannins, saponins, flavonoids terpenoid, steroid, phlabotannin, antraquinone and cardiac glycosides) were undertaken. Extract yield was higher in ethanol extract of Trametes species when compared to yield from other extracting solvents. All secondary metabolites analyzed were present in all mushroom studied except alkaloids, phlabotannin and antraquinone but at different concentrations. Generally, flavonoid was the most abundant in the mushroom, followed by tannin and saponin. The findings provided evidence that ethanol extracts of these tested mushrooms contain medicinally important bioactive compounds and it justifies their use in the traditional medicines for the treatment of different diseases.

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