Abstract

LYCOPHENE IS WONDER DRUG

Shilpa Vaidya, Rohinee Patle* and Dr. Anita Chandak

Abstract

Lycopene is most abundant carotenoid in tomatoes , followed by betacarotene, gamma carotene, phytoene, and other minor carotenoids. Tomatoes are the part of diet, consume in large level in all over world. Tomatos contain numbers of phytochemical, such as a lycopene, carotenoid etc. The present work investigated that lycopene extract from tomato have antimicrobial activity against some pathogen and comparison its activity with commercial antibiotics and mouthwash. The research work shows that lycopene was effective against pathogens klebsiella, bacillus and aspergillusniger, lycopene have better activity than commercial antibiotic and mouthwash.

Keywords: Antimicrobial activity, Antibiotics, Lycopene, Carotenoid, Phytochemical.