Effects of Enzymatic Liquefaction, Drying Techniques, and Wall Materials on the Physicochemical Properties, Bioactivities, and Morphologies of Zinc-Amaranth (Amaranthus viridis L.) Powders

Table 4

Antioxidant activity and TZCD of spray- and freeze-dried Zn-amaranth powders encapsulated with 10% (w/w) of different wall materials.

Drying method	Wall material	Antioxidant activity (mM (TE)/g DW)		TZCD (%)
		FRAP	DPPH
Spray-drying	MD	^c	^e	^b
	RMD	^c	^c	^c
	HICAP	^b	^d	^a
	CAP	^b	^b	^bc
	GA	^a	^a	^bc
Freeze-drying	MD	^c	^d	^b
	RMD	^c	^c	^a
	HICAP	^bc	^c	^a
	CAP	^b	^b	^b
	GA	^a	^a	^b

Data are expressed as the of triplicates. Means with the same letter in each column mean not significantly different (, Tukey test) (MD: maltodextrin; RMD: resistant maltodextrin; HICAP: HI CAP 100; CAP: Capsul; GA: gum Arabic).