Table 5.
Change in cell wall polysacchar ides of astr ingent persimmon fruits during storage after 10 kGy radiation treatment

Polysaccharides	Concentration of polysaccharides (mg/g)
	Treatment
	Control	Radiation (10 kGy)
	Lignin	0.82±0.13a1)	0.77±0.04a
	Pectin	3.56±0.27a	3.14±0.11b
Acid soluble hemicellulose	4.38±0.25a	3.92±0.12b
Alkali soluble hemicellulose	6.61±0.29a	6.81±0.33a
Cellulose	6.64±0.16a	6.91±0.38a

Mean±standard deviation (n=6). Means with different superscripts (a~c) are significantly different at p<0.05 by Duncan's multiple range tests.