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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
卷 44, 期 12, 页码 2561-2567出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2621.2009.02084.x
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Colour; convective solar drying; olive leaves; radical scavenging activity; total phenols
In this study, olive leaves, which are known for their therapeutic and antioxidant properties, were used to assess the effect of solar drying conditions (temperature and flow rate) on the drying time and quality parameters of olive leaves. Samples were dried at three drying temperatures (40, 50 and 60 degrees C) and at two drying air flow rates (1.62 and 3.3 m(3) min(-1)) in a convective laboratory solar dryer. From the experimental results, it was noted that the drying time required to reduce the moisture content to 0.10 kg kg(-1) d.b. depends mainly on the drying temperature. The quality attributes of the dehydrated olive leaf samples were investigated in term of colour, total phenols and radical scavenging activity. The effect of solar drying on L*, a*b* parameters was significant (P < 0.05) for all the studied olive leaves. Besides, the total phenols of olive leaves were significantly (P < 0.05) influenced by drying air conditions and tended to decrease with increased drying time. The DPPH radical scavenging activity was higher in fresh [EC50 39.40 (ZR)-39.95 ( CH)] than in dried leaves. However, the radical scavenging activity was also high in leaves dried at 60 degrees C, 3.3 m(3) min(-1) [EC50 54.21 (ZR)-68.79 (CL)].
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