Table 1. Moisture content (%) of powdered persimmon leaves, produced by hot-air drying and freeze-drying

(unit: %)

25^th May (flowering) 25^th June (fruiting)

Cultivar HAD¹⁾ FD HAD FD

Sangju-dungsi 8.58±0.16²⁾^b³⁾ 4.28±0.01^c^b 9.25±0.16^b 3.56±0.12^ba

Sangam-dungsi 9.28±0.27^b 4.33±0.14^b 10.55±0.18^a 3.16±0.15^b

Cheongdobansi 8.64±0.06^b 3.83±0.17^c 7.35±0.26^c 3.15±0.03^b

Gabjubaekmok 9.76±0.09^b 3.91±0.24^c^b 9.80±0.17^b^a 3.53±0.10^b^a

Suhong 11.52±0.77^a 4.99±0.01^a 10.66±0.09^a 3.72±0.18^a

¹⁾ HAD, hot-air drying, FD, freeze-drying.
²⁾ Results are expressed as mean±standard error of three measurements (n=3).
³⁾ Lower case letters within column of the different cultivars across drying method are significantly different (p<0.05).

	25^th May (flowering)		25^th June (fruiting)
Cultivar	HAD¹⁾	FD	HAD	FD
Sangju-dungsi	8.58±0.16²⁾^b³⁾	4.28±0.01^c^b	9.25±0.16^b	3.56±0.12^ba
Sangam-dungsi	9.28±0.27^b	4.33±0.14^b	10.55±0.18^a	3.16±0.15^b
Cheongdobansi	8.64±0.06^b	3.83±0.17^c	7.35±0.26^c	3.15±0.03^b
Gabjubaekmok	9.76±0.09^b	3.91±0.24^c^b	9.80±0.17^b^a	3.53±0.10^b^a
Suhong	11.52±0.77^a	4.99±0.01^a	10.66±0.09^a	3.72±0.18^a