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).