IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/bjc/journl/v11y2024i9p722-726.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Influence of Heating Intensity and Drying Time of Oven and Microwave on the Moisture and Water Activity of the Gynura procumbens Leaves

Author

Listed:
  • Wan Farah Aina Wan Ahmadi

    (School of Industrial Technology, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA, 40400 Shah Alam, Selangor Malaysia)

  • So’bah Ahmad

    (School of Industrial Technology, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA, 40400 Shah Alam, Selangor Malaysia)

  • Suzaira Bakar

    (School of Industrial Technology, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA, 40400 Shah Alam, Selangor Malaysia)

Abstract

The heating intensity and drying time by drying using oven and microwave were studied for moisture content and water activity of the Gynura procumbens leaves. Drying was conducted by using oven and microwave drying at varied temperature, power and drying time. The result demonstrated that microwave drying at 375W for 21.50 minutes and 925W for 58.50 minutes effectively reduced moisture content and water activity more efficiently than oven drying at 47.5°C and 62.50°C, with 7.50 and 12.50 hours drying time, respectively. Hence, these findings highlight the efficiency of microwave drying in producing shelf-stable Gynura procumbens leaves which can be used for pharmacological purposes.

Suggested Citation

  • Wan Farah Aina Wan Ahmadi & So’bah Ahmad & Suzaira Bakar, 2024. "Influence of Heating Intensity and Drying Time of Oven and Microwave on the Moisture and Water Activity of the Gynura procumbens Leaves," International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation, International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI), vol. 11(9), pages 722-726, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:bjc:journl:v:11:y:2024:i:9:p:722-726
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.rsisinternational.org/journals/ijrsi/digital-library/volume-11-issue-9/722-726.pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://rsisinternational.org/journals/ijrsi/articles/influence-of-heating-intensity-and-drying-time-of-oven-and-microwave-on-the-moisture-and-water-activity-of-the-gynura-procumbens-leaves/
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:bjc:journl:v:11:y:2024:i:9:p:722-726. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Dr. Renu Malsaria (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://rsisinternational.org/journals/ijrsi/ .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.