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Controlled-Humidity Air-Drying Enhances C-Phycocyanin Retention and its Antioxidant Properties in Dried <i>Arthrospira (Spirulina) platensis</i> Biomass

Universal Journal of Food Science and Technology | Vol 4, Issue 1

Table 1. Biomass yieldfrom different drying methods and corresponding drying periods for resultingdry Spirulina.

Dry preparations	Drying period (h)	Dry biomass yield (g)	Moisture content (%)	Absolute dry mass (g DW)
FD	8.00 ± 0.00 ^h	6.51 ± 0.25 ^e	7.46 ± 0.11ⁱ	6.03 ± 0.23^b
T₁H₁	16.33 ± 0.29^c	8.01 ± 0.33^c	17.73 ± 0.33^f	6.59 ± 0.25^a
T₁H₂	18.83 ± 0.29^b	9.00 ± 0.16^b	28.23 ± 0.28^c	6.46 ± 0.14^a
T₁H₃	22.67 ± 0.56^a	10.76 ± 0.19^a	40.96 ± 0.57^a	6.35 ± 0.13^a
T₂H₁	14.17 ± 0.29^d	7.00 ± 0.16^a	15.18 ± 0.22^g	5.94 ± 0.13^b
T₂H₂	16.50 ± 0.50^c	7.77 ± 0.14^d	26.09 ± 0.55^d	5.74 ± 0.14^bc
T₂H₃	18.67 ± 0.58^b	8.89 ± 0.14^b	39.91 ± 0.39^a	5.34 ± 0.07^d
T₃H₁	10.0 ± 0.50^g	6.66 ± 0.13^f	13.93 ± 0.34^h	5.74 ± 0.11^bc
T₃H₂	11.17 ± 0.29^f	7.26 ± 0.19^e	24.69 ± 0.42^e	5.47 ± 0.12^cd
T₃H₃	12.67 ± 0.58^e	8.30 ± 0.11^c	37.53 ± 0.27^b	5.19 ± 0.09^e

^{a, b}... Different letters in the same column differ significantly (p < 0.05) by the Tukey’s pairwise comparison test.