Table 2 Functional components of hot water extracts from 6-year old ginseng with different treatments

Characteristics	Total polyphenol (mgGAE/g)	Total flavonoid (mgNE/g)	Total sugar (g/100 g)	Acidic polysaccharide (g/100 g)	Crude saponin (g/100 g)
WG1)	4.80±0.172)^c3)	2.17±0.06^b	36.34±1.28^a	19.73±0.91^a	7.94±0.12^c
SWG	3.19±0.08^d	1.09±0.06^d	28.25±1.17^b	16.43±0.45^b	10.79±0.41^a
NSWG	5.10±0.15^c	1.72±0.06^c	34.17±0.79^a	10.57±0.38^c	6.94±0.16^d
SRG	5.79±0.11^b	1.92±0.08^bc	33.73±1.04^a	21.52±1.05^a	8.31±0.09^bc
RCRG	5.21±0.15^c	1.11±0.04^d	33.59±0.93^a	11.59±0.47^c	8.79±0.18^b
ARG	9.60±0.41^a	3.38±0.22^a	35.22±0.84^a	10.90±0.24^c	10.22±0.16^a

WG, white ginseng; SWG, skin parts of white ginseng; NSWG white ginseng without skin; SRG, red ginseng by steaming with a steamer; RCRG, red ginseng by steaming with a rice cooker; ARG, red ginseng by steaming with a autoclave.
Values are mean±SD (n=3).
Values with different superscript within the same column are significantly different (p<0.05).