Table 3
Changes of color value of rehydrated bracken and Aster scaber dr ied by different methods

Samples1) Drying methods2) Value
L* a* b*
Bracken Sun-drying 11.61±1.04b3) -0.92±0.28b -0.09±1.10b
Hot-air-drying 7.83±1.01a -2.85±0.44a -2.20±1.06a
Freeze-drying 23.95±1.55c -1.30±1.65b 3.45±1.16c
Aster scaber Sun-drying 8.88±2.43a -1.86±1.19c 1.45±1.08a
Hot-air-drying 12.00±2.12b -3.66±0.26b 3.34±1.09b
Freeze-drying 30.73±1.55c -8.78±1.14a 13.42±1.21c
Samples were rehydrated at 30℃ for 2 hours after dried by different methods
Sun drying, dried at 25℃ and RH 65% for 48 hr; Hot-air drying, dried at 50℃ in for 14 hr; Freeze-drying, freeze-dried by vacuum freeze dryer.
Means with different small letters (a-c) in the same column are significantly different at p<0.05 by Duncan's multiple range test.