Effect of Different Predrying Treatments on Physicochemical Quality and Drying Kinetics of Twin Layer Solar Tunnel Dried Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum L.) Slices

Table 1

Effect of predrying treatment on lycopene (mg/100 gDM), vitamin C, and total phenolic content of twin-layer-solar-tunnel-dried tomato samples.

Treatments	Lycopene (mg/100 gDM)	Vitamin C (mg/100 g DM)	Total phenol (mg of GA/100 gDM)
AA	162.65^c  ±  0.47	266.67^a  ±  17.93	676.12^ab   ±   16.22
CC	174.09^b  ±  0.31	168.28^cd  ±  8.96	552.22^c  ±  28.09
CA	157.14^d  ±  0.36	217.47^b  ±  7.76	686.74^a  ±  16.22
CO	100.88^e  ±  0.47	152.75^d  ±  4.48	612.40^cb  ±  32.44
SC	178.67^a  ±  0.64	181.23^c  ±  8.96	654.88^ab  ±  16.22
Fresh	379.62	239.72	764.79
CV	0.27	5.37	4.00
Lsd	1.2	25.7	71.9

Means with the same letter are not significantly different () according to Tukey’s (significant difference) test. AA: ascorbic acid; CC: citric acid; CA: calcium chloride; CO: control; SC: sodium chloride.