. 2018 Oct 10;6(8):2123–2133. doi: 10.1002/fsn3.770

Table 1.

Effects of drying on the phytochemical constituents of Moringa oleifera leaf

Parameters	Freeze‐dried (mg/g)	Air‐dried (mg/g)	Sun dried (mg/g)	Oven dried (mg/g)
Phenolics	68.75 ± 0.00^d	59.38 ± 0.42^c	50.00 ± 0.00^ab	46.88 ± 1.42^a
Flavonoid	62.50 ± 0.89^d	58.33 ± 0.00^cd	45.83 ± 0.89^b	25.00 ± 0.00^a
Vitamin C	52.94 ± 0.31^d	41.17 ± 0.31^c	35.29 ± 0.63^bc	23.53 ± 0.60^a
Tannin	0.06 ± 0.03	0.05 ± 0.02	0.05 ± 0.03	0.05 ± 0.03
Phytate	70.26 ± 2.40^c	89.82 ± 0.98^d	60.98 ± 0.00^ab	58.50 ± 1.42^a
Saponin	16.36 ± 0.92^c	16.36 ± 0.00^c	10.91 ± 0.82^b	7.27 ± 0.71^a
Alkaloid	12.8 ± 1.71^c	13.4 ± 0.00^c	5.00 ± 0.92^a	10.6 ± 2.41^b
Oxalate	9.96 ± 0.84^c	9.09 ± 0.72^c	6.66 ± 0.00^a	8.19 ± 0.60^b
Cardenolides	13.68 ± 0.71^b	11.72 ± 1.90^b	12.53 ± 2.40^b	8.17 ± 1.71^a
Cardiac glycosides	17.36 ± 1.31^b	16.72 ± 1.91^b	14.79 ± 2.81^a	14.79 ± 1.82^a

Values represent mean ± standard deviation of triplicate experiments. Superscripts with different alphabets along the same row are significantly (p < 0.05) different.