TY  - GEN
T1  - Effects of temperature on drying of selected medicinal plants: drying time and product quality
A1  - Mohd Shahidan M A.
LA  - English
PB  - Forest Research Institute Malaysia
YR  - 2015
UL  - http://discoverylib.upm.edu.my/discovery/Record/oai:http:--agris.upm.edu.my:0-8748
AB  - The medicinal plants selected for this study are Orthosiphon aristatus and Chromolaena odorata which are known as Misai Kucing and Pokok Kapal Terbang in Malaysia. These plants are reported to contain various beneficial bioactivities. In herbal processing, fresh plants are normally dried before further processing to prevent chemical degradation and fungi infection. The drying process of herbs is strongly affected by drying temperature. This work studied the effects of drying temperature on drying time of these plants and the product quality. Kinetics data of the drying process was collected to determine the drying time required to achieve the required moisture content. Total flavonoids analysis was used to determine the change of product quality under different drying temperatures. The results indicate that the total flavonoids content in Chromolaena odorata decreased with the increase of drying temperature while a different trend was observed in Orthosiphon aristalUs.
KW  - TEMPERATURE
KW  - DRUG PLANTS
KW  - DRYING
KW  - QUALITY
KW  - CHROMOLAENA ODORATA
KW  - FLAVONOIDS
KW  - MALAYSIA
KW  - http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_4533
KW  - http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_2393
KW  - http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_2964
KW  - http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_6400
KW  - http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_7657
KW  - http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_24738
KW  - http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_2402
ER  -