Table 3
Contents of minerals in hot air and freeze dr ied Allium hookeri (mg/100 g)

Organic acids	Hot aird drying		Freeze drying
Organic acids	Leaf	Root	Leaf	Root
Ca	1186.90±67.15¹⁾	97.59±5.16^a	961.23±35.48^b	94.16±5.16^a
K	8342.63±72.67	2303.93±66.79^a	750.19±35.29^b	2183.67±75.94^a
Mg	353.69±4.94	85.69±1.94^a	298.63±10.50^b	81.80±4.92^a
Fe	8.19±0.52	26.46±1.89^a	7.14±0.56	26.03±1.21^a
Cu	0.80±0.05	0.34±0.05^a	0.70±0.05	0.34±0.05^a
Mn	3.32±0.21	2.62±0.10^a	3.04±0.09	2.59±0.06^a
Zn	6.47±0.19	1.64±0.06^a	6.25±0.31	1.52±0.24^a
P	26.19±0.65	25.10±1.69	26.14±1.40	23.86±0.33
Na	40.68±2.26	6.86±0.54^a	35.00±0.68^b	6.45±0.39^a

¹⁾All values are expressed as the mean±SD of triplicate determinations.
^aSignificantly different (p<0.05) between leaf and root extract within same drying method by one-way ANOVA followed by Tukey's multiple comparison test.
^bSignificantly different (p<0.05) between leaf and root extract within different drying method by one-way ANOVA followed by Tukey's multiple comparison test.