Abstract
Microwave drying of Spinacia oleracea leaves was experimentally compared to electric heating and room temperature drying. Differences in water loss kinetics have been analyzed and a theoretical model has been proposed. In drastically dried leaves strong alterations of the internal morphological structure are present while surface characteristics appear satisfactorily conserved. Chlorophyll content in acetone extracts of microwave dried leaves does not appear as reduced as in conventional methods.
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Claims 4
Claim · model-written summary
Water loss kinetics differed between microwave drying and comparison drying methods.
- Taxon
- Spinacia oleracea
Spinacia oleraceae0 - Outcome
- water loss kineticse0
- Comparator
- electric heating and room temperature dryinge0
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Verbatim
e0“Microwave drying of Spinacia oleracea leaves was experimentally compared to electric heating and room temperature drying. Differences in water loss kinetics have been analyzed”
Claim · model-written summary
Drastically dried leaves had strong internal morphological alterations.
- Taxon
- Spinacia oleraceaSpinacia oleraceae1
- Outcome
- alterations of the internal morphological structuree0
- Qualifier
- drastically dried leavese0
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Verbatim
e0“In drastically dried leaves strong alterations of the internal morphological structure are present”
e1“Spinacia oleracea leaves”
Claim · model-written summary
Surface characteristics of drastically dried leaves appeared satisfactorily conserved.
- Taxon
- Spinacia oleraceaSpinacia oleraceae1
- Outcome
- surface characteristicse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“while surface characteristics appear satisfactorily conserved.”
e1“Spinacia oleracea leaves”
Claim · model-written summary
Microwave-dried leaf chlorophyll did not appear as reduced as with conventional methods.
- Taxon
- Spinacia oleraceaSpinacia oleraceae1
- Treatment
- microwave driede0
- Outcome
- Chlorophyll contente0
- Direction
- does not appear as reducede0
- Comparator
- conventional methodse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Chlorophyll content in acetone extracts of microwave dried leaves does not appear as reduced as in conventional methods.”
e1“Spinacia oleracea leaves”
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