African Journal of Biotechnology Vol. 3 (11), pp. 585-587, November 2004
ISSN 1684–5315 © 2004 Academic Journals

Short Communication

Electrophoretic characterization of crude leaf proteins in Lycopersicon and Trichosanthes cultivars

Azeez, M. A. ^*1 and Morakinyo, J. A. ²

¹Department of Pure and Applied Biology,Ladoke Akintola University of Technology,Ogbomoso, Nigeria.

²Bioscience Department, University of Ilorin, Nigeria.

*Corresponding author. E-Mail: mazee@justice.com.

Accepted 28 September, 2004

Young leaves of three cultivars of Lycopersicon esculentum (Mill) and a cultivar of Trichosanthes cucumerina var. anguina (Haines) were freshly collected at 50% flowering. Crude leaf proteins were extracted from them and characterized using polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Intercultivar qualitative as well as quantitative protein bands depict some degree of relationship among the Lycopersicon cultivars studied. The degree of variation in protein bands as a measure of genetic divergence between L. esculentum cultivars and T. cucumerina was discussed.

Key words: Electrophoresis, protein, Lycopersicon, Trichosanthes.