Table 1
Changes in the Moisture content of yellow paprika according to drying methods

Samples1) Storage period (day) F-value
1 5 10 15
Moisture content (%) HADP 16.72±0.552)c3)A4) 16.42±1.32cB 59.69±1.41aA 31.85±1.45bA 808.49***
CADP 10.30±1.36cB 45.03±1.22aA 47.06±0.69aB 34.17±1.51bA 561.09***
FDP 11.19±0.32cB 8.10±0.19dC 21.35±2.25aC 18.19±0.90bB 74.75***

F-value 47.71***5) 1032.04*** 457.38*** 129.49***
HADP, hot air-drying paprika; CADP, cold air-drying paprika; FDP, freeze-drying paprika.
All value are expressed as Mean±SD of triplicate determinations.
a-dMeans with different superscript in the same column are significantly different (p<0.05) by Duncan’s multiple range test.
A-DMeans with different superscript in the same row are significantly different (p<0.05) by Duncan’s multiple range test.
***p<0.001.