Meet ORESHILE YETUNDE KHADIJAT, an Academic Staff of Lagos State University.
Mycology/plant Pathology
Assistant Lecturer
Botany
At the Botany department office
Appointment on Visitation important
Topic: Mycology
Description: Mushroom biology and biotechnologyMushroom Biotechnogy deals with the discovery of new mushrooms, domestication of newly discovered as well as other wild mushrooms, enhancement in the production of fruit bodies, increase in nutritional and medicinal properties and applications in mitigating the environmental pollution and providing low cost, viable, multipurpose technology to farmers to meet the growing demand of food, feed, fertilizer and energy.EthnomycologyThe cultural significance and historical uses of macro-fungi mushrooms in human life.
| # | Certificate | School | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | M.Sc (Mycology/ Plant Pathology) | Department of Botany, University of Lagos. | 2020 |
Phytochemical analysis of methanol extract of five mushrooms collected from Lagos State University, Ojo Campus.
Mushrooms are fleshy fruiting bodies of some fungi which have high nutritional values. The study investigated the mineral composition and phytochemical contents of five different mushrooms which are Pleurotus ostreatus, Ganoderma tsugae, Macrolepiota procera, Trametes betulina, Trametes gibbosa collected from the wild, Lagos State University, Ojo Campus. The mineral analysis of the mushroom samples were analyzed using a Microplasma Atomic Emission Spectrophotometer. Extraction was done using methanol for the mushroom samples. Standard tests were carried out to detect the quality and quantity of the phytochemicals present in the extracts of the mushrooms. The result of the mineral analysis revealed that Pleurotus ostreatus contained the highest amount of potassium and the least amount of sodium. Macrolepiota procera had the highest amount of calcium and phosphorus respectively. The phytochemical analysis revealed that the extract of Pleurotus ostreatus contained more flavonoids, tannins and terpenes respectively while the least values of the compounds were recorded in the extract of Macrolepiota procera. The nutritional contents of the test mushrooms could potentially be used in a well balanced diet and as sources of bioactive compounds for pharmacological use.
ORESHILE KHADIJAT is a Assistant Lecturer at the Department of Botany
ORESHILE has a M.Sc in Mycology/ Plant Pathology from Department of Botany, University of Lagos.
