Aloe vera is a medicinal plant species of the genus Aloe with a long history of usage around
the world. Acemannan, considered one of the main bioactive polysaccharides of Aloe vera …

Growing consumer awareness of the importance of environmentally friendly products has
resulted in the development of a number of substitutes for synthetic polymers. The starch …

Background Drying is a complex process frequent in most of the food processing industries.
The functional properties of food components, highly affected by the drying processes …

Antioxidant assay, ATR-FTIR spectroscopy mediated predominant functional group
detection and UV-absorption spectroscopy have been carried out with methanolic extracts of …

This work originally reports on the use of electrohydrodynamic processing (EHDP) to
encapsulate Aloe vera (AV, Aloe barbadensis Miller) using both synthetic polymers, ie …

Physico-chemical modifications promoted by pasteurization treatments, performed at 65, 75
and 85° C, for 15 and 25min, on acemannan, the main bioactive polysaccharide from Aloe …

Ninety non-insulin dependent diabetic subjects were selected from Punjab Agricultural
University and Civil hospitals of Ludhiana. The selected subjects were divided into three …

The selection of a proper drying method can play a vital role in reducing the energy
consumption and the quality of the final product. In this study, three dryers, including …

Abstract Congo-red-acemannan (CR-acemannan) binding assay has been followed to
compare the acemannan distribution in freeze-dried gel at two, three and four-year-old Aloe …

Drying characteristics of drumstick leaves (Moringa oleifera) were investigated in a
convective type dryer for a temperature range 50 to 80 C at constant air velocity, 0.5 m/s …