Drying Technology · 2006 · 70 citations · 24 references
Life SciencesBotanyPlant SciencesEthnobotanyFood AnalysisLyophilizationMedicinal Plant KnowledgeMedicinal Plant ProductionMedicinal PlantsPlant ProductsDrying Bed PerformanceHerbal Product StandardizationPharmaceutical ExtractionPhysicochemical PropertiesPhytochemical QualitySpray Drying EffectsStandardization Of Botanical ExtractsTraditional Herbal Medicine
ABSTRACT This article presents a brief review of the research conducted at Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Processes of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Ribeirão Preto/São Paulo University, aiming to obtain standardized dried extracts from medicinal Brazilian plants. The spray and spouted-bed dryer performance and physicochemical product properties during the drying of hydro-alcoholic extracts of three plants used in the Brazilian traditional medicine, namely, Passiflora alata, Bauhinia forficata, and Maytenus ilicifolia, are evaluated comparatively.
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Problems Associated With Spray Drying Of Sugar-Rich Foods
Bhesh Bhandari, Nivedita Datta, Tony Howes · Drying Technology · 1997 · 599 citations