Effects of microwave-assisted hot air drying and conventional hot air drying on the drying kinetics, color, rehydration, and volatiles of Moringa oleifera

Drying Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1452-1458

  Dev, S R S ^a   Geetha, P ^b   Orsat, V ^a   Gariepy Y ^a   Raghavan, G S V ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b TAMIL NADU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Bioactive molecules; Microwave assisted drying; Moringa oleifera

Indexed keywords

BIOACTIVE MOLECULES; DIFFERENT PROCESS; DRYING CURVES; DRYING KINETIC; DRYING RATE CURVES; ELECTRONIC NOSE; ELECTRONIC SENSORS; FINAL MOISTURE CONTENT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HOT AIR DRYING; INEXPENSIVE MEANS; MICROWAVE POWER DENSITY; MICROWAVE-ASSISTED; MORINGA; MORINGA OLEIFERA; QUALITY ATTRIBUTES; REHYDRATION RATIO; VOLATILE COMPOUNDS;

ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; KINETICS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROWAVES; MOLECULES; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

DRYING;

EID: 83155188636     PISSN: 07373937     EISSN: 15322300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07373937.2011.587926     Document Type: Article

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