Table 4. Antioxidant and xanthine oxidase inhibition activities of cultivated mountain ginseng with different ages

Activities	Cultivated mountain ginseng
	3-years	5-years	7-years	9-years
DPPH radical scavenging (μg GAE/g)1)	69.65±2.493)b4)	52.09±1.97d	64.14±1.48c	82.37±2.44a
ABTS radical scavenging (μg AAE/g)2)	609.13±16.13c	667.90±8.36b	606.92±14.92c	723.63±3.06a
Reducing power (μg GAE/g)	411.69±19.09a	347.25±4.09c	365.87±10.27b	365.76±10.81b
Xanthine oxidase inhibition (μg AAE/g)	12.60±0.51db	13.21±0.45b	11.70±0.40c	17.24±0.15a

¹⁾μg gallic acid equivalent/g.
²⁾μg ascorbic acid equivalent/g.
³⁾Mean±SD.
⁴⁾Means with different superscript small letters in the same row are significantly different at p<0.05 by Duncan’s multiple range test.