02047nas a2200253 4500008004100000245007500041210006900116260001400185300001200199490000700211520132300218653001001541653001401551653001201565653000801577653001301585653001701598100003301615700002901648700002501677700002401702700003201726856003501758 2018 eng d00aFunctional and Morphological Studies of Organic and Inorganic Tomatoes0 aFunctional and Morphological Studies of Organic and Inorganic To cJune 2018 a715-7190 v103 a

Aim: To study the functional and morphological characteristics of organic and inorganic tomatoes. Methodology: UV treated, and untreated organic and inorganic tomato powdered samples were assessed using an analytical technique FT-IR and SEM. Results: FT-IR spectra of organic control samples showed peaks at (3290.12, 2924.72 and 1611.61 cm-1) while, organic treated samples revealed some peaks at (3287.11, 2925.66 and 1612.91 cm-1), inorganic control tomatoes confirmed the peaks at (3289.47, 2925.76 and 1619.26 cm-1) and in inorganic treated tomatoes peaks was at (3289.42, 2925.34 and 1619.31 cm-1) respectively, on confirming the presence of O-H, C-H, C=C, C=O and C-OH functional groups. However, results confirmed slight changes in functional groups of organic and inorganic samples and UV treatment helps in decreasing the effect of fluoride, chloride and other synthetic chemicals level by disinfecting the samples. SEM micrographs showed non-significant changes with minimal effect of UV in all samples. Conclusion: The outcome of the study helps in effective understanding of functional and microstructural differences between organic and inorganic tomatoes.

10aFT-IR10aInorganic10aOrganic10aSEM10aTomatoes10aUV treatment1 aShankar, Shwetha, Manchanabe1 aNair, Sinija, Vadakkepul1 aDuragdevi, Manoharan1 aYadav, Binod, Kumar1 aSaravanan, Shanmugasundaram uhttp://fulltxt.org/article/657