Table 1. Physicochemical analysis of Aloe saponaria powder by using different drying methods

Analytical items	Drying method
	Freeze-drying	Hot-air drying
Yield (%)	3.46	3.72
Total sugars (g/100 g)	20.71±0.29***1)	24.77±0.46
Total polysaccharides (mg/g)	10.71±0.15***	13.53±0.23
Anthraquinones (%)	0.0010±0.0002NS,2)	0.0008±0.0001
TPC3) (mg/GAE/100g)	574.00±6.28NS	577.28±10.84

Values are mean±SD (n=3). ***Means are significantly different between drying methods by Student’s t-test (p⟨0.001).
NS, non-significance.
TPC, total phenolic compounds; GAE, gallic acid equivalent.