Avaliação do teor e da composição quimica do oleo essencial de plantas medicinais submetidas a processos de secagem e armazenamento

AUTOR(ES)

Franceli da Silva

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2005

RESUMO

In Brazil, the therapeutical use of medicinal plants is increasing each time. Some national and international companies use vegetal raw material in the elaboration of its products, so the commercial cultivation and the improvement of harvest of these species becomes indispensable. The objective of this work was to study post-harvest of two medicinal species with economic importance: calendula (Calendula officinalis L.) and carqueja (Baccharis genistelloides var. trimera (Less). Baker). In these two species the best process of drying was evaluated, using three different dryers, convective vertical dryer, the gas dryer, and oven with forced air circulation, with three different temperatures, 30, 45 and 60°C, as well as using three different packing materials: polyethylene of low density, glass and kraft paper. The drying processes was evaluated in relation of the essential oil and its chemical composition of species. The isotherms and the drying curves were obtained and treated with mathematical model, Bet, Bet linear, Peleg. Gab, Hasley, Lagmuir, Oswin, Henderson e Chung. The differents temperatures did not show the difference in the process of drying in calendula in each different driers, but they differed among the driers, and the drier that kept more oil content of calendula was the convective vertical dryer. In the case of carqueja, no differences were found in the different temperatures or the different driers used in drying. During the storage, the kraft packing material was the one that better preserved the physical and chemical integrity of the product, as well as, it kept the oil content throughout one year of storage time for these two species

ASSUNTO(S)

food conservation plastics in packaging tecnologia pos-colheita calendula officinalis plantas medicinais calendula officinalis herbs ervas postharvest technology medical plants alimentos - conservação secagem drying plasticos na embalagem

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