ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF FRUIT, VEGETABLES AND MEDICINAL PLANT IN MAIDUGURI A CASE STUDY OF MAIDUGURI METROPOLIS COUNCIL

Student: Zainab Idris
Supervisor: Mr Mustapha Bulama
HOD: Dr Ahmed Abbator
Department of Botany
Life Sciences
University of Maiduguri, Borno State

Abstract

ABSTRACT Fruits, vegetable and medicinal plant are the samples used for the purpose of this research questionnaires were administered to determine the economic importance of each of the species after gathering information from the questionnaires was found that present investigation confined to document the medicinal plants and plant extract for health care more than 30 of the entire plant species at one time or the other were used for medicinal purposes this is likely to touch US1150 by the year 2000 and Us5 trillion by 2050. Fruit and vegetables have natural vitamins and minerals that are essential to maintain health and cure most diseases increase the stability in human improve eating behavior in human destroy cancer and tumors in the head and neck which act act faster than chemotherapy drugs the (fruit and vegetable) protect against pancreatic and risk of diabetic, increase bone health and defense against bladder

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