Effect of drying method on equilibrium moisture content of lemon balm (Melissa officinalis L.)

Publikations-Art

Kongressbeitrag

Autoren

Argyropoulos, D; Müller, J

Erscheinungsjahr

2012

Veröffentlicht in

CD of the Proceedings of the 18th International Drying Symposium

Band/Volume

2012/

Seite (von - bis)

1 - 2

Tagungsname

18th International Drying Symposium (IDS 2012)

Tagungsort

Xiamen, China

Tagungsdatum

November 11 - 15, 2012

The influence of drying technique on moisture sorption properties of lemon balm (Melissa officinalis L.) leaves was investigated at temperatures of 25, 50 and 70 °C using the hygrometric method. The equilibrium moisture content of freeze dried leaves was significantly higher than that of vacuum dried and hot-air dried samples. The microstructure of the dried leaves was investigated by a scanning electron microscope