Published in Scientific Papers. Series A. Agronomy, Vol. LXVIII, Issue 2
Written by Lenuța Iuliana EPURE, Doru Gabriel EPURE, Nicoleta Alina UDROIU
The mints are aromatic plants with utilisation in human been food as aromatic plant as well as medicinal plant. The objective of that study was to provide fundamental data on experimental measurements of water sorption isotherms of different species of mints at various temperatures, using standardized static method. The obtained data of sorption characteristic of mints were fitted by mathematical models. The experiments results were also used in modeling the storage behavior and quality attributes of the dried mints. Seven varieties of Mint have been analysed in this experiment: M. spicata L., M. aquatica L., M. arvensis L., M. longifolia L., M suaveolens Ehrh., M. pulegium L., and M. pipperita L. The isotherms experiments have been conducted using standard gravimetric method recommended by Spiess and Wolf (1983). Eight salts are selected to give different relative humidity’s in the range of 0.11-0.84. The experiments have been conducted at the 20°C, 30°C, 40°C, 50°C and 60°C constant temperatures. Have been describe the isotherms equation for adsorbtion and desorbtion for all mints varieties.
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