FOOD SCIENCE ›› 2013, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (21): 47-50.doi: 10.7506/spkx1002-6630-201321010

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Effect of Drying Methods on Chemical Composition and Bioactivity of Aqueous Extract from Roselle

TU Zong-cai1,2,ZHANG Qiu1,WANG Hui1,ZHANG Lu1,SHA Xiao-mei1,CHEN Li-li1,ZHANG Qiu-ting1,ZHANG Lan1   

  1. 1. State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330047, China;
    2. College of Life Science, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang 330022, China
  • Received:2012-09-18 Revised:2013-09-13 Online:2013-11-15 Published:2013-10-28
  • Contact: tuzongcai zong-caiTU E-mail:tuzc_mail@yahoo.com.cn

Abstract:

This study aimed to investigate the impacts of different drying methods including spray drying, hot air-drying at
different temperatures and freeze-drying on the chemical composition and antioxidant activity of aqueous extracts from roselle
(AER) so as to obtain the optimum drying method. The contents of flavonoids, polyphenols, anthocyanidins and polysaccharides
from AER from freeze-dried samples were (85.24 ± 1.51) μg/mL, (188.88 ± 0.95) μg/mL, (6.51 ± 0.05) μg/mL, (0.850 ±
0.043) mg/mL, respectively. The antioxidant activity showed that the radical scavenging activity against ABTS+• and
NO2- and the reducing power were (28.92 ± 1.25)%, (84.78 ± 4.24)% and 0.713 ± 0.001, respectively, for freeze-drying
samples which were higher than those of spray dried and hot air-dried samples. The efficacy of spray drying was shown to
be better than that of hot air-drying. Considering the active components and antioxidant activity, the best method to dry AER
was freeze-drying followed by spray drying and hot air-drying. Drying temperature and method demonstrated significant
impact on the active constituents and antioxidant ability.

Key words: aqueous extracts from roselle, drying methods, active constituents, antioxidant properties

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