Convective drying of medicinal, aromatic and spice plants: A review

Stewart Postharvest Review

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Müller, Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Active ingredients; Colour; Drying kinetics; Model; Quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 36348955133     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17459656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2212/spr.2007.4.2     Document Type: Review

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