• JANELINE LUNGHAR
• Dr. A. Thahira Banu
• V. Anuritha

ABSTRACT The study was aimed to develop herbal tea incorporating different herbs with best drying methods. Three variations of the tea were developed under two drying methods (shade drying and vacuum drying) and coded as SD1, SD2, SD3, VD1, VD2, and VD3 respectively. The variations were packed to find out the best packaging materials namely aluminium foil, tea bag, and airtight container and subjected to sensory evaluation consumer acceptability using 9 point hedonic scale. After assessing sensory evaluation and consumer acceptability ,VD3 variation was rated the best amongst the six variations. Further,phytonutrient and antioxidant activity (DPPH method) was carried out with aqueous extracts of the formulated herbal tea VD3 of various packaging and standard tea for a comparison. Phytonutrients such as flavanoids, tannins, glycosides, cardiac glycosides, terpenoids, anthroquinones, and phlobatannins were present in variation VD3 of all the packages whereas alkaloids, saponins, phlobatanins and anthroquinones are absent in the standard tea.The total flavanoids and total phenolic content of herbal tea VD3 were 94±10 mg/ml and 96±15 mg/ml respectively. The developed herbal tea with different combination of herbs packed in airtight container VD3 has high antioxidant activity compared to other packaging.. Also in comparison to standard tea, antioxidant inhibition activity of formulated herbal tea VD3 had a high radical scavenging activity of 99.6±0.1 than standard 89.3±0.2. Thus it can be conclude that herbs have abundant phytochemical composition and antioxidant potential that could acts as an effective therapeutic agent or medicinal properties such as anti-inflammatory.

Herbal Tea, Phytonutrient, Antioxidant activity, Various Packaging

"PHYTONUTRIENT COMPOSITION, ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY AND VARIOUS PACKAGING OF DEVELOPED HERBAL TEA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 12, page no.336-348, December-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1812349.pdf

"PHYTONUTRIENT COMPOSITION, ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY AND VARIOUS PACKAGING OF DEVELOPED HERBAL TEA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 12, page no. pp336-348, December-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1812349.pdf