Comparative Effects of Drying Methods on Waste Seed Melon Pulp By-Product Quality and Polysaccharide Characteristics: Structural Features, Bioactivity, and Gastrointestinal Digestion Stability
Waste seed melon processing by-products are rich in bioactive polysaccharides. Nevertheless, their high moisture content and perishability restrict the high-value utilization of these polysaccharides. In this study, four pretreatment drying methods, namely sun drying (SD), 55 °C hot-air drying (HAD), weak microwave-ass...