<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> A new procedure (HLC) of curing tobacco leaf through homogenization, incubation, and dehydration is described. At the homogenate stage, chemicaI composition can be improved by controlled enzyme action, by extraction, or with chemical additives. PhysicaI properties can be improved by reconstitution. Preliminary results show HLC may provide smoke with quality comparable to that from conventionally cured material, but with relatively lower biologicaI response. There is a great potential in using the HLC procedure for labour saving as well as for improving leaf usability. </p></abstract>

A new procedure (HLC) of curing tobacco leaf through homogenization, incubation, and dehydration is described. At the homogenate stage, chemicaI composition can be improved by controlled enzyme action, by extraction, or with chemical additives. PhysicaI properties can be improved by reconstitution. Preliminary results show HLC may provide smoke with quality comparable to that from conventionally cured material, but with relatively lower biologicaI response. There is a great potential in using the HLC procedure for labour saving as well as for improving leaf usability.

Homogenized Leaf Curing: I. TheoreticaI Basis and Some Preliminary Results

Agricultural Research Service, Agriculture Research Center, Northeastern Region, United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland, USA

Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Southern Region, Lexington, Kentuclcy, USA

Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Southern Region, Oxford, North Carolina, USA

Contributions to Tobacco & Nicotine Research

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

{"article-title":"Homogenized Leaf Curing: I. TheoreticaI Basis and Some Preliminary Results"}

A new procedure (HLC) of curing tobacco leaf through homogenization, incubation, and dehydration is described. At the homogenate stage, chemicaI composition...

Homogenized Leaf Curing: I. TheoreticaI Basis and Some Preliminary Results

Online veröffentlicht: 13. Aug. 2014

Seitenbereich: 44 - 51

Eingereicht: 10. Apr. 1974

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cttr-2013-0354

© Beiträge zur Tabakforschung International

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.