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Anand Agricultural University, Anand

Anand Agricultural University (AAU) was established in 2004 at Anand with the support of the Government of Gujarat, Act No.(Guj 5 of 2004) dated April 29, 2004. Caved out of the erstwhile Gujarat Agricultural University (GAU), the dream institution of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and Dr. K. M. Munshi, the AAU was set up to provide support to the farming community in three facets namely education, research and extension activities in Agriculture, Horticulture Engineering, product Processing and Home Science. At present there seven Colleges, seventeen Research Centers and six Extension Education Institute working in nine districts of Gujarat namely Ahmedabad, Anand, Dahod, Kheda, Panchmahal, Vadodara, Mahisagar, Botad and Chhotaudepur AAU's activities have expanded to span newer commodity sectors such as soil health card, bio-diesel, medicinal plants apart from the mandatory ones like rice, maize, tobacco, vegetable crops, fruit crops, forage crops, animal breeding, nutrition and dairy products etc. the core of AAU's operating philosophy however, continues to create the partnership between the rural people and committed academic as the basic for sustainable rural development. In pursuing its various programmes AAU's overall mission is to promote sustainable growth and economic independence in rural society. AAU aims to do this through education, research and extension education. Thus, AAU works towards the empowerment of the farmers.

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Subject: Food Technology × Author: ARUNIMA MUKHERJEE × Start date: 1997 × Type: Thesis ×
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    STANDARDIZATION OF DRYING TECHNIQUE FOR THE PRODUCTION OF POWDER FROM SHANKHPUSHPI LEAVES
    (College of Food Processing Technology and Bio-Energy Anand Agricultural University Anand, 2020) ARUNIMA MUKHERJEE; Dr. A. Nema
    Shankhpushpi (Convulvulus microphyllus) is a nootropic, perennial wild herb which is widely used in Ayurveda (Indian traditional medicine system). In Ayurvedic texts, Shankhpushpi is mentioned as one of the Medhya Rasayana. Medhya Rasayanas as described in Ayurveda are a group of medicinal plants with benefits, specifically to improve memory and intellect. One of the earliest post-harvest operations and the most common way to preserve the quality of medicinal plants is drying. Generally, the traditional drying methods such as shade drying and open sun drying are practiced for medicinal herbs. These traditional methods of drying have several drawbacks pertaining to the drying of medicinal herbs. To overcome the above mentioned drawbacks of traditional drying, mechanical dryers may be used for the drying of the medicinal herbs.