Changes of essential oil content and composition during convective drying of lemon balm (Melissa officinalis L.)

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 52, Issue , 2014, Pages 118-124

  Argyropoulos, Dimitrios ^a   Müller, Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Drying; Geranial; Medicinal plants; Neral; SEM images

Indexed keywords

CITRUS FRUITS; DRYING; HEAT CONVECTION; RATE CONSTANTS; REACTION KINETICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ESSENTIAL OIL COMPONENTS; FIRST ORDER REACTIONS; GERANIAL; MEDICINAL PLANTS; NERAL; SEM IMAGE; STRUCTURAL MODIFICATIONS; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

ESSENTIAL OILS;

AIRFLOW; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DISTILLATION; ESSENTIAL OIL; GRAPHICAL METHOD; LEAF; REACTION KINETICS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 84887545166     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2013.10.020     Document Type: Article

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