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Yellow dock has been used for centuries as a medicinal plant, using the leaves and roots to create herbal remedies. The most common uses for this herb is to improve digestion, remove toxins, and relieve constipation. This herb is believed to help liver and skin problems, along with inflamed nasal passages and sinuses.

Drying of medicinal plants must meet the following requirements: (1) Moisture co ntent has to be brought do wn to be at an equilibriu m level that is defined for certain relative

Drying is the most common food preservation, particularly for medicinal plants and herbs because of reduction of essential oils and changes of qualitative properties such as color, which both of ...

Drying is one of the most important parameter in the post-harvest management of medicinal plants. The quality of drug and consequently the income are significantly influenced by the drying regime ...

Historically, medicinal plants have always had an important place in medicine. Medicinal plants processing represents a great challenge, due to their compounds sensitive to the environmental conditions that surround and degrade them. Mostly of these plants require to be dry to preserve its safety and medicinal properties; …

DOI: 10.1016/J.CHERD.2015.10.009 Corpus ID: 96853492; A comparative study of spray-dried medicinal plant aqueous extracts. Drying performance and product quality @article{Gallo2015ACS, title={A comparative study of spray …

The process conditions for drying were optimized and 50 ° C was found to be the best suitable drying temperature for Phylanthus ambelica (Nelli) as well 40 ° C was preferred for Zingiber ...

Drying methods are mainly divided into several categories such as direct, indirect and freeze-drying (FD), among which spray drying (SD) in the category of direct drying is …

An intelligent system for non-isothermal drying of medicinal plants, based on machine vision, sensor fusion and neural network was developed. Air temperature, velocity and humidity, along with ...

Drying is the most common method of medicinal plant preservation and, due to high investment and energy costs, drying is also a large expense in medicinal plant …

Ziegler et al. [31] conducted experimental study for drying of medicinal plants and spices using batch dryer coupled with heat pump. They conducted different modes of operation such as first day ...

Drying of aromatic and medicinal plants must meet the following requirements: (1) Moisture content has to be brought down to be at an equilibrium level that is defined for certain relative air humidity and temperature. This is defined as storage condition by standards; (2) minimum quality reduction in terms of active ingredients, color, flavor ...

DRYING OF MEDICINAL PLANTS. Authors. A.K. Mahapatra, C.N. Nguyen. Abstract. Drying is one of the most critical and fundamental unit operations in the post-harvest …

The genus Stachys is a member of the Lamiaceae family. These are important medicinal plants which grow all over the world and are known for their flavoring and therapeutic effects and Stachys lavandulifolia is an endemic species of Iran. To acquire high-quality essential oil (EO), drying technique was implemented which is an essential …

3.1. Drying process. Drying is basically defined as the decreasing of plant moisture content, aimed at preventing enzymatic and microbial activity, and consequently preserving the product for extend shelf life [].Drying is the most common and fundamental method for post-harvest preservation of medicinal plants because it allows for the quick …

Tulipa edulis is an important medicinal plant with a variety of anti-cancer properties. There is an urgent need to reduce water consumption in T. edulis under greenhouse cultivation. A greenhouse experiment was performed to study the effect of well-watered (80% of field capacity, Control), persistent drought (50% of field capacity, D) and …

Various drying methods are summarized. Preferable drying methods for most herbs are oven and freeze-drying, but this is dependent on the type of heat transfer …

The whole extraction process included three stages of initial heat-ing, extraction and final cooling which lasted 15, 40 and 15 min, respectively. The input feed to the concentrator was 25 m3 of solvent and 12.5 kg of bioactive compounds with extraction eficiency of 2.5% of the input dry plant.

Solar dryers have proven to be one of the best environmentally friendly approaches for drying purpose of medicinal plants and agricultural crops. Use of solar radiations in drying purpose of plant ...

The objective of drying medicinal plants is to extend the shelf life and conserving the fresh characteristics. This is achieved by reducing the water activity (aw) of the product to a value which ...

Drying, freezing, and canning can be used to preserve medicinal herbs for a long period. The average loss of nutrients in the processes such as canning (60–80%), freezing (40–60%), industrial dehydrating (5–15%), and solar drying (3–5%). Since the quality of medicinal herbs can be affected by heat and humidity, drying them is a ...

Medicinal plants are used as traditional herbal remedies for some illnesses and disorders such as diabetes, sweating and bleeding, regulation of the menstrual cycle, and reduction of extensive hemorrhage, stomach pain, inflammation, and toothache ( Lari et al., 2020; Selim et al., 2014; Shafaghat, 2009 ).

Drying is the most common method of medicinal plant preservation and, due to high investment and energy costs, drying is also a large expense in medicinal plant production. Drug quality and consequently earnings are significantly influenced by the drying regime. Conventionally, low drying temperatures between 30 and 50°C are recommended to ...

Medicinal plants are extracted and processed for direct consumption as herbal or traditional medicine or prepared for experimental purposes. The concept of preparation of medicinal plant for experimental purposes involves the proper and timely collection of the plant, authentication by an expert, adequate drying, and grinding.

Studies using this drying method have shown that shade drying is a better drying method in terms of preserving essential oil content and color of the dried products in comparison …

Drying is one of. the main methods of harvesting plant material. It is in the process of releasing the herbal raw mat erials from moisture with the aim of longer. storage. There is a fairly common ...

An intelligent system for non-isothermal drying of medicinal plants, based on machine vision, sensor fusion, and neural network, demonstrated a potential to increase diffusivity and prevent quality losses. An intelligent system for non-isothermal drying of medicinal plants, based on machine vision, sensor fusion, and neural network, was …

Introduction. Herbs are "any plant with leaves, seeds, or flowers used for flavoring, food, medicine, or perfume" (2019). Herbs are considered to be highly perishable foods due to their high moisture content and most herbs are chill-sensitive (Pirbalouti, Mahdad, and Craker Citation 2013).They are therefore processed by drying to create shelf-stable …

Drying is a key operation in processing of many plant-based foods and medicines for the purpose of preservation and retention of key attributes and active compounds. Therefore, it is essential to select suitable drying techniques to ensure a product is processed under optimal operating conditions. Drying of Herbs, Spices, and Medicinal Plants presents …

In case of medicinal plants, drying temperatures between 30 and 50 • C are recommended to protect sensitive active constituents of the medicinal plants (Martynenko and Kundra, 2015; Heindl and ...

The traditional Cannabis plant as a medicinal crop has been explored for many thousands of years. The Cannabis industry is rapidly growing; therefore, optimising drying methods and producing high-quality medical products have been a hot topic in recent years. We systemically analysed the current literature and drew a critical …

The drying rate of the medicinal plants achieve its smallest value at the highest value of the surface load, while, it has the largest value with drying air temperature and velocity of 55 °C and 2.7 m/s, respectively. The drying process has an optimum temperature of 30–40 °C and relative humidity range of 50–60%.