Morphologic and chemical characterizations of some salep orchids
Omer CALİSKAN,
Ayşegül BEŞİR,
Münir ANIL
et al.
Abstract:Salep orchids have been used as a food for centuries without cultivating but, mainly harvesting from nature. After powdering, their tubers are utilized as hot beverage and in ice-cream industry as a stabilizer. Due to their importance in food industry, it is important to characterize the morphology and chemistry of salep orchids. In this study, it was aimed to determine some morphological (fresh weight, dry weight and dry matter ratio of tubers and the number of tubers required for 1 kg salep powder) and chemi… Show more
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