Drying of Herbs, Spices, and Medicinal Plants
eBook - ePub

Drying of Herbs, Spices, and Medicinal Plants

  1. 238 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Drying of Herbs, Spices, and Medicinal Plants

About this book

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 processing aspects of these three major global agricultural commodities. It offers an insight into the drying and product quality of herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, such as drying characteristics, equipment selection, physiochemical analyses, quality improvement, product development, storage, and shelf life as well as future developments.

  • Offers the latest information on drying and processing technologies, research, and development
  • Summarizes various drying techniques, their advantages and limitations, industrial applications, and simple design methods
  • Presents guidelines for dryer selection
  • Links theory and practice
  • Envisages future trends and demands

Featuring chapters from expert authors in both industry and academia, this book is an important resource for those working in the chemical, food processing, pharma, and biotech industries, especially those focused on the drying of plants for food and medicinal applications.

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Yes, you can access Drying of Herbs, Spices, and Medicinal Plants by Ching Lik Hii, Shivanand S. Shirkole, Ching Lik Hii,Shivanand S. Shirkole in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Technology & Engineering & Pharmacology. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title Page
  3. Series Page
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Table of Contents
  7. Series Preface
  8. Series Editor
  9. Preface
  10. Editors
  11. Contributors
  12. Chapter 1 Overview of the Global Market for Dried Herbs, Spices, and Medicinal Plants
  13. Chapter 2 Guideline and Selection of Dryers for Herbs, Spices, and Medicinal Plants
  14. Chapter 3 Drying Characteristics of Herbs, Spices, and Medicinal Plants
  15. Chapter 4 Impact of Drying on Various Quality Characteristics of Herbs, Spices, and Medicinal Plants
  16. Chapter 5 Instrumentation and Analyses of Bioactive Compounds and Ingredients
  17. Chapter 6 Storage and Quality Degradation of Dried Herbs, Spices, and Medicinal Plants
  18. Chapter 7 Product Development and Formulations from Dried Herbs, Spices, and Medicinal Plants
  19. Chapter 8 Emerging and Advanced Drying Technologies for Herbs, Spices, and Medicinal Plants
  20. Chapter 9 Techno-Economic Evaluation for Cost-Effective Drying of Herbs, Spices and Medicinal Plants
  21. Chapter 10 Future Prospect and Global Market Demand for Dried Herbs, Spices and Medicinal Plants
  22. Index