Drying medium

Tomato variety

%

Antiradical

Lycopene content (mg/kg)

Ascorbic acid concentration (µg/ml)

Oven

UTC

80.77 ± 1.11^a

147.68^a,b

47.41 ± 5.13^d

Rukuta

68.58 ± 0.97^b

135.65^a,b

100.15 ± 1.03^b

Dan-Aka

70.52 ± 1.20^b

123.63^b

85.33 ± 1.78^b

Solar

UTC

76.19 ± 0.99^a

161.98^a

164.74 ± 2.06^a

Rukuta

75.81 ± 0.98^a

133.94^b

59.85 ± 1.03^c

Dan-Aka

68.46 ± 0.90^b

140.81^a,b

97.01 ± 0.21^b

Sun-dried

UTC

78.84 ± 1.00^a

160.27^a

17.78 ± 1.78^e

Rukuta

70.53 ± 0.89^b

192.32^a

28.44 ± 1.78^e

Dan-Aka

73.98 ± 0.93^b

155.69^a

23.70 ± 1.03^e

Smpl-Mkt

Smpl-Mkt

79.62 ± 1.10^a

158.55^a

20.74 ± 2.05^e