Kindly suggest me the best way to store my dried plant material for future phytochemical use.
It also useful to keep them stored in vacuum bags or bags with nitrogen atmosphere, if possible.
Herbalists and herb dealers store Sun or shade dried plant biomass (
Flash freezing is used widely in food processing as it gives little opportunity for ice crystal expansion to cause significant damage to the product. In a lab environment immersing the sealed specimens in liquid nitrogen to flash freeze and later store in a sub 0°C environment is a good way to have a control to evaluate which manner of traditional preparation is most efficient.
Check this thread for more techniques of storing plant biomass:
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Which_drying_methods_are_practiced_to_dry_plant_biomass_of_spices_agricultural_horticultural_medicinal_and_aromatic_plants?_tpcectx=profile_questions
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