Table 1

Drying methods	L*	a*	b*	ΔE
Fresh	35.90^d	-4.89^a	9.51^b	-
50°C	52.90^b	-0.41^c	9.54^b	17.58^b
60°C	52.95^b	-0.36^c	8.12^c	17.70^b
70°C	53.05^b	-0.04e	9.39^b	17.82^b
360 W	49.54^c	-0.38^c	7.62^c	14.49^c
900 W	49.64^c	-0.16^d	7.24^c	14.71^c
1250 W	52.40^b	-0.35^c	10.07^b	17.12^b
FD	57.07^a	-2.45^b	12.63^a	21.54^a

Values are means of ten replicates
Means within a column marked with different letters are significantly different at
(p < 0.05)

Table 1: Effect of drying methods on chromatic coordinates (L*, a* and b*) and ΔE of fresh and dried purslane leaves samples.