Table 2
Changes of color values of bracken and Aster scaber dr ied by different methods

Samples Drying methods1) Values
L* a* b*
Bracken Sun-drying 12.81±1.57a2) 1.33±0.78a 1.91±1.10a
Hot-air-drying 9.83±1.01a -0.85±0.44a -0.20±1.06a
Freeze-drying 29.48±4.36b 1.70±3.47a 6.50±2.47b
Aster scaber Sun-drying 9.68±4.35a 0.14±1.19c 3.45±1.08a
Hot-air-drying 14.00±2.12a -1.66±0.26b 5.34±1.09a
Freeze-drying 32.73±1.55b -6.78±1.14a 15.42±1.21b
Sun drying, dried at 25℃ and RH 65% for 48 hr; Hot-air drying, dried in drying oven at 50℃ for 14 hr; Freeze-drying, freeze-dried by vacuum freeze dryer.
Means with different small letters (a-c) in the same column are significantly different at p<0.05 by Duncan's multiple range test.