Mitigating effect of relative humidity (RH) on 2-furoylmethyl-Amino acid formation
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Mitigating effect of relative humidity (RH) on 2-furoylmethyl-Amino acid formation
Date
2019
Language
English
Abstract
With the aim of finding an alternative ameliorative mechanism for 2-furoylmethyl-amino acid (2-FM-AA) formation in drying technology, this work was conducted. This was achieved by drying banana with relative humidity (RH) convective hot-air dryer at 60, 70 and 80 °C under RH (10% 20% and 30%) at 2.0 m/s air velocity. The results revealed that at every 10% increase in RH, a reduction between 13.4 and 29.4% of the 2-FM-AA was achieved. Based on statistical parameters such as coefficient of correlation (0.9104–0.9998), root mean square error (0.0176–0.3620) and reduced chi-square (1.5 × 10-4–0.1310), the first order model could satisfactorily predict 2-FM-AA formation. Furthermore, rate constants revealed the dependence of 2-FM-AA formation on RH and also demonstrated the critical role played by RH in reducing 2-FM-AA formation. The results also show that, higher temperatures were mainly responsible for 2-FM-AA formation and functional groups deformation; however this can be mitigated when drying is conducted under higher RH.
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“Mitigating effect of relative humidity (RH) on 2-furoylmethyl-Amino acid formation,” CSIRSpace, accessed September 19, 2024, http://cspace.csirgh.com/items/show/72.