Table 1
Changes of moisture contents of bracken and Aster scaber dr ied by different methods

Sample Drying methods1)
Sun-drying Hot-air-drying Freeze-drying
Bracken 10.47±0.85a2) 11.33±0.71a 10.38±0.32a
Aster scaber 12.36±0.34c 10.20±0.63b 6.14±0.37a
Sun drying, dried at 25℃ and RH 65% for 48 hr; Hot-air drying, dried in drying oven at 50℃ for 14 hr; Freeze-drying, freeze-dried by vacuum-freeze dryer.
Means with different small letters (a-c) in the same row are significantly different at p<0.05 by Duncan's multiple range test.