Table 3
Chlorophyll contents of garlic shoots for blanching conditions (μg/g)

Blanching time (min)	Chlorophyll-a	Chlorophyll-b	Total chlorophyll
0	74.76±0.83^cd	29.16±1.99^c	103.92±1.16^d
0.5	79.82±8.91^d	27.15±3.95^c	106.97±9.69^d
1	73.94±4.30^bcd	20.26±1.74^b	94.21±5.07^c
2	71.36±1.46^abc	20.88±2.86^b	92.25±1.45^bc
3	66.15±1.82^ab	18.11±1.20^ab	84.26±1.59^ab
4	64.00±1.40^a	15.50±1.06^a	79.49±2.46^a

All values are mean±SD (n≧3).
^a-d Means in same the column with different superscripts are significantly different by Duncans’s multiple range test at p<0.05.