Table 5 Pearson correlation coefficients between various character istics values of hot water extracts from 6-year old ginseng with different treatments

	Total polyphenol	Total flavonoid	Total sugar	Acidic polysaccharides	Crude saponin	Color difference (ΔE)
Total polyphenol	1.000	0.792*1)	0.322	0.135	0.024	0.800*
Total flavonoid		1.000	0.390	0.013	0.010	0.637
Total sugar			1.000	0.002	0.343	0.048
Acidic polysaccharides				1.000	0.003	0.300
Crude saponin					1.000	0.168
Color difference (ΔE)						1.000

^*Values represents p<0.05.