Table 2. Organic acid contents of extracts from non-steaming and steaming corni fructus
Samples1) | Organic acid (g/100 g) |
Oxalic acid | Citric acid | Malic acid | Formic acid | Gallic acid |
UCH | 11.22±1.85c2) | 15.95±0.30a | 4.09±0.30bc | 2.17±0.01b | 1.97±0.04c |
SCH | 16.30±0.27a | 10.41±0.68c | 2.28±0.05d | 2.01±0.04b | 2.93±0.06b |
UCE | 7.07±0.42d | 12.99±0.24b | 5.28±0.31a | 2.51±0.46a | 1.32±0.05d |
SCE | 13.21±0.73b | 6.94±0.20d | 4.38±0.05b | 2.16±0.02b | 3.58±0.19a |
UCM | 11.14±0.30c | 13.26±0.20b | 5.35±0.02a | 1.97±0.04b | 1.71±0.00c |
SCM | 13.49±0.42b | 10.82±0.07c | 3.98±0.17c | 1.86±0.02b | 3.00±0.44b |
1)UCH, hot-water extract of untreated Corni fructus; SCH, hot-water extract of steam-treated Corni fructus; UCE, 50% ethanol extract of untreated Corni fructus; SCE, 50% ethanol extract of steam-treated Corni fructus; UCM, 50% methanol extract of untreated Corni fructus; SCM, 50% methanol extract of steam-treated Corni fructus.
2)Means±SD (n=3) with different letters (a-d) above bars are significant differences by Duncan's multiple range test (p<0.05).