Abstract:
An experiment was performed to evaluate and standardize the various drying methods such as shade drying, cabinet drying, and fluidized bed drying and their impact on the physicochemical properties and bioactive compounds of dried moringa powder by GCMS. Drying by Fluidized bed drier exhibited antioxidant activity of per cent of 62.81 and bioactive compounds such as lauric acid, palmitic acid, and linolenic acid ester that possess various therapeutic properties were ascertained. About 11 compounds from the ethanolic extract of the M. oleifera leaves sample have been characterized. They were 9,12,15-dienooctadecadienoic acid ethyl ester (z,z,z) with the highest peak area of percent of 23.12. The next major compound characterized was undecanoic acid, 10-bromo with a peak area of 16.53 percent. Phytol with the peak area of 16.01 percent and a retention time of 14.13 minutes. Palmitic acid, ethyl esters, and hexadecanoic acid were the other compounds exhibited. A fluidized bed dryer was proven to retain the antioxidant and physicochemical properties of moringa leaf powder.