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POST-HARVEST QUALITY OF MORINGA (MORINGA OLEIFERA LAM) AS USED IN DRY AND NATURA
Abstract
An Moringa oleifera Lam is an ornamental and medicinal plant and has the feature to adapt to arid
climates and soils poor in nutrients. It is a vegetable Moringaceae family, originally from northern
India. This study aimed to characterize the physico-chemical constituent parts of the plant: leaves,
flowers, seed pods and used in natura, and drought. The experiment was conducted at the
Laboratory for Alternative Technologies in São Cristóvão - SE. Subsequently, samples of leaves,
flowers, seeds and pods used in this study were collected and separated into two lots, one lot with
the samples that were analyzed with fresh and dried samples in other solar dryer. The following
analyzes were performed: water activity, acidity, moisture, ash, lipids, proteins, carbohydrates,
vitamin C, carotenoids, total fiber and food. The data were subjected to analysis of variance
(ANOVA) and Tukey test to compare means at a significance level of 5%. It was observed that for
the analyzes of acidity, ash, lipids, proteins and carbohydrates, the results were higher in dry parts
when compared to fresh. However, the values for water activity, moisture, pH and vitamin C were
higher in the analyzes in nature when compared to dry samples. For the results of carotenoids were
obtained variations in both parts. Therefore, Moringa presented as a vegetable source of excellent
functional and nutritional properties.
Paper Details
PaperID: p 113-120
Author's Name: Rafaela Menezes dos Passos, Dhulia Maciely da Conceição Santos, Bianca Silva dos Santos, Daniella Cecília Lemos Souza, João Antonio Belmino dos Santos and Gabriel Francisco da Silva
Volume: Volume 3
Issues: Volume 3
Keywords: Moringaceae, drying, characterization.
Year: 2013
Month: March
Pages: 113-120