From Agricultural Waste to Functional Tea: Optimized Processing Enhances Bioactive Flavonoid Recovery and Antioxidant Capacity with Multifaceted Health Benefits in Loquat (<i>Eriobotrya japonica</i> Lindl.) Flowers

From Agricultural Waste to Functional Tea: Optimized Processing Enhances Bioactive Flavonoid Recovery and Antioxidant Capacity with Multifaceted Health Benefits in Loquat (<i>Eriobotrya japonica</i> Lindl.) Flowers

The large-scale disposal of loquat (<i>Eriobotrya japonica</i> Lindl.) flowers during fruit thinning represents a significant waste of bioactive resources. This study systematically evaluated how three processing methods—fresh (FS), heat-dried (HD), and freeze-dried (FD) treatments—affec...

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Main Authors: Mingzheng Duan, Xi Wang, Jinghan Feng, Xu Xiao, Lingying Zhang, Sijiu He, Liya Ma, Xue Wang, Shunqiang Yang, Muhammad Junaid Rao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2025-07-01
Series:Horticulturae
Subjects:
loquat flowers
flavonoid profiling
antioxidant capacity
heat-drying
freeze-drying
functional tea
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2311-7524/11/7/766
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