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O. Headley
Researcher at University of the West Indies
Publications - 15
Citations - 244
O. Headley is an academic researcher from University of the West Indies. The author has contributed to research in topics: Zingiber officinale & Solar energy. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 15 publications receiving 223 citations.
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Evaluation of solar dried thyme (Thymus vulgaris Linne) herbs
D.A. Balladin,O. Headley +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the initial moisture content (wet wt. basis), (final moisture content, dry wt basis (dwb)) determined by the Dean-Stark toluene method, oven and microwave were 75.15% (10.0%), 75.12% (11.85%) and 72.31% (12.50%) respectively.
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Renewable energy technologies in the Caribbean
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined how the energy needs of small island states may be met using renewable energy systems which have been applied in the island and coastal states of the Caribbean area and proposed ways of extending these to other areas of the economy where renewable energy has yet to make an impact.
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High pressure liquid chromatographic analysis of the main pungent principles of solar dried West Indian ginger (Zingiber officinale Roscoe)
TL;DR: In this paper, the main pungent principles of West Indian ginger (Zingiber officinale Roscoe) were quantified and qualified using High Pressure Liquid Chromatography.
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Solar drying of West Indian ginger (Zingiber officinale Roscoe) rhizome using a wire basket dryer
TL;DR: A wire basket dryer was used to dry sliced (0.15 cm) West Indian ginger (Zingiber officinale Roscoe) rhizome to an acceptable moisture content of 10.2% (dry weight basis) over a 3 day period.
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Extraction and evaluation of the main pungent principles of solar dried West Indian ginger (Zingiber officinale ROSCOE) rhizome
TL;DR: In this paper, the pungent principles (gingerols and shogaols) were extracted after sliced dried ginger rhizomes (Zingiber officinale Roscoe) had been either solar dried or solar dried/steam distilled using acetone or ethanol separately as the extraction solvent.