Comparison of various drying techniques towards the total phenolic content in Jatropha curcas L. root sample

Authors

  • Ahmad Razi Othman Laboratory of Natural Product, Institute Bioscience, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.
  • Norhani Norhani Abdullah Institute of Tropical Agriculture Universiti Putra Malaysia 43400 UPM Serdang Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.
  • Syahida Ahmad Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.
  • Intan Safinar Ismail Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia 43400 UPM Serdang Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54987/jobimb.v4i2.257

Keywords:

Jatropha curcas, oven dry, air dry, freeze dry, total phenolic content

Abstract

Jatropha curcas is a multipurpose plant that has been suggested as a possible cure to inflammation. It can be used as a source of animal feed, live fence, biodiesel and in traditional medicine. Practitioners have used various extraction techniques to extract the active components of the plant. This article compares the efficiency of three methods of drying technique for the extraction of the total phenolic content from the plant. The freeze-drying method was the best method compared to oven dry and air dry. The freeze-drying method dries J. curcas root sample faster and preserve the total phenolic content better than the other methods.     

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30.12.2016

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Othman, A. R., Norhani Abdullah, N., Ahmad, S., & Ismail, I. S. (2016). Comparison of various drying techniques towards the total phenolic content in Jatropha curcas L. root sample. Journal of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Biotechnology, 4(2), 22–24. https://doi.org/10.54987/jobimb.v4i2.257

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