Effect of Drying Methods and Drying Days on Essential Oil Content and Physicochemical Properties of Basil (Ocimumbasilicum) Varieties in Ethiopia

Table 1.

Meanvalues of the effect of drying days and drying conditions on the physicalproperties of basil varieties

Variables	MC (%)	VW EOC (%)	WW EOC (%)	SPG	RI
Variety
Basil 02	27.18^a	0.58^a	0.52^a	0.924^a	1.49864^a
Basil 05	29.93^b	1.02^b	0.91^b	0.930^a	1.51168^b
SE	0.0615	0.0029	0.0059	0.0026	0.0008
Drying Conditions
Shade	29.97^a	0.81^a	0.72^a	0.929^a	1.50544^a
Open Sun	27.14^b	0.80^a	0.71^a	0.926^a	1.50488^a
SE	0.0615	0.0029	0.0059	0.0026	0.0008
Drying Days
Day 0	83.37^a	0.90^a	0.80^a	0.92^a	1.505^a
Day 5	12.26^b	0.84^b	0.75^b	0.93^a	1.505^a
Day 10	10.09^c	0.77^c	0.69^c	0.93^a	1.504^a
Day 15	8.51^d	0.69^d	0.61^d	0.92^a	1.504^a
SE	0.0870	0.0042	0.0084	0.0037	0.0012

Means with a different letter in the column of superscripts are significantly different at p<0.05. Where; - %MC = Percent of moisture content, %VW = Percent of Volume by weight, %WW = percent of weight by weight, Spg= Specific gravity, RI=Refractive Index, D0=Day zero, D5= Day=5, D10=Day 10, and D15=day 15.

Effect of Drying Methods and Drying Days on Essential Oil Content and Physicochemical Properties of Basil (Ocimumbasilicum) Varieties in Ethiopia

Table 1.

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