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. 2022 Apr 11;60(3):996–1005. doi: 10.1007/s13197-022-05431-2

Table 2.

The physicochemical characteristics of garlic at different moisture content

MC % db Physical characteristics, 70° C, 40% RH
aw L* a* b* C BI WI ΔE
4.59 0.31 ± 0.002a 61.32 ± 0.64a 6.02 ± 0.56a 19.55 ± 0.02a 20.57 ± 0.02a 72.37 ± 0.79a 45.76 ± 0.37a 56.51 ± 0.98a 11.24 ± 0.65d
6.18 0.48 ± 0.004b 62.33 ± 0.12a 8.24 ± 0.01c 30.55 ± 0.11d 31.64 ± 0.10d 74.89 ± 0.05b 75.09 ± 0.21d 50.79 ± 0.05a 10.71 ± 0.05c
8.91 0.63 ± 0.004c 62.83 ± 0.09a 8.86 ± 0.32b 30.86 ± 0.66c 32.10 ± 0.72c 73.97 ± 0.22a 75.96 ± 2.21c 50.87 ± 0.43a 10.97 ± 0.48b
10.06 0.70 ± 0.003d 63.01 ± 0.39a 6.83 ± 0.12a 27.30 ± 0.13b 28.14 ± 0.14b 75.95 ± 0.20c 63.39 ± 0.79b 53.52 ± 0.35a 8.35 ± 0.36a
17.52 0.83 ± 0.005e 65.57 ± 0.21b 4.31 ± 0.29a 17.73 ± 0.42a 18.25 ± 0.38a 77.05 ± 0.33d 35.7 ± 0.88a 61.03 ± 0.36b 9.60 ± 0.34a
Temperature °C Garlic powder at 6% d.b. moisture content
L* a* b* C BI WI ΔE
70 62.21 ± 0.09b 8.26 ± 0.01a 30.61 ± 0.11b 31.70 ± 0.08c 74.89 ± 0.05a 83.68 ± 0.21b 50.67 ± 0.05c 10.80 ± 0.05a
80 56.93 ± 0.26a 8.06 ± 0.13a 26.95 ± 0.24a 28.13 ± 0.27a 79.17 ± 2.03b 72.84 ± 1.36a 48.55 ± 0.36b 13.96 ± 0.31b
90 56.06 ± 0.13a 11.6 ± 0.06b 31.12 ± 0.08c 33.22 ± 0.08b 80.07 ± 2.42c 93.10 ± 0.08c 44.91 ± 0.05a 17.42 ± 0.10c

Values are mean ± Standard deviation (n = 3) followed with different letter in the same column, differs significantly at a 5% level of significance