Table 3. Effect of hot-air drying and freeze-drying on mineral contents of different persimmon leaves

Drying method¹⁾	Harvesting stage	Element (mg/100 g)
Drying method¹⁾	Harvesting stage	Cultivar	Na	Mg	K	Ca	Mn	Fe	Cu	Zn
HAD	25^thMay(flowering)	Sangju-dungsi	4.16±0.18²⁾^e³⁾	77.22±1.16^c	446.37±10.84^d	272.45±6.28^b	8.49±0.02^d	2.97±0.02^d	3.07±0.01^a	0.84±0.01^c
		Sangam-dungsi	9.71±0.22^a	108.0±2.99^a	845.97±22.99^a	418.98±18.07^a	9.91±0.05^c	6.11±0.01^a	0.89±0.01^c	1.49±0.01^a
		Cheongdobansi	5.98±0.08^c	97.65±2.04^b	767.44±23.57^b	277.42±14.87^b	35.98±0.23^a	3.92±0.04^b	0.61±0.01^e	1.02±0.01^b
		Gabjubaekmok	8.81±0.19^b	67.85±1.60^d	517.45±12.35^c	268.47±10.12^b	15.07±0.09^b	3.09±0.04^c	0.82±0.01^d	0.64±0.00^e
		Suhong	4.83±0.03^d	66.90±2.01^b	442.41±14.36^d	287.63±17.25^b	3.81±0.02^e	2.62±0.01^e	1.15±0.01^b	0.71±0.01^d
	25^thJune(fruiting)	Sangju-dungsi	3.60±0.08^c	93.44±1.85^d	495.28±14.23^e	378.29±15.93^c	11.94±0.03^d	2.42±0.02^c	0.48±0.01^b	0.51±0.01^d
		Sangam-dungsi	5.57±0.20^a	114.04±1.33^c	897.61±13.53^b	451.55±8.28^b	20.9±0.09^c	2.25±0.01^e	0.40±0.01^d	1.05±0.01^a
		Cheongdobansi	4.11±0.16^b	142.94±2.16^a	1,057.60±16.38^a	370.67±7.29^c	56.26±0.35^a	3.81±0.02^a	0.81±0.01^a	0.81±0.01^b
		Gabjubaekmok	4.26±0.04^b	124.55±2.80^b	831.11±22.49^c	499.91±16.91^a	23.50±0.11^b	3.05±0.01^b	0.31±0.01^e	0.64±0.01^c
		Suhong	2.64±0.10^d	111.41±2.47^c	665.78±12.78^d	474.67±17.45^ba	6.26±0.02^e	2.34±0.01^d	0.41±0.01^c	0.56±0.00^e
FD	25^thMay(flowering)	Sangju-dungsi	7.56±0.26^d	75.86±1.53^d	611.31±9.19^d	255.70±7.46^d	10.40±0.01^d	4.08±0.15^c	5.80±0.02^a	0.86±0.01^d
		Sangam-dungsi	12.63±0.33^a	153.33±2.85^a	971.58±28.84^a	591.25±24.92^a	15.49±0.07^c	13.77±0.06^a	1.86±0.02^d	2.34±0.01^a
		Cheongdobansi	7.05±0.31^d	93.90±1.82^c	783.49±16.63^c	264.80±8.38^d	36.49±0.28^a	4.46±0.03^b	2.64±0.01^c	1.29±0.01^b
		Gabjubaekmok	10.69±0.35^b	101.82±1.77^b	888.22±12.44^b	360.65±18.84^b	22.33±0.06^b	3.44±0.02^d	1.54±0.01^e	1.27±0.01^c
		Suhong	8.64±0.39^c	69.07±1.28^e	538.24±11.34^e	294.60±11.01^c	4.78±0.02^e	4.57±0.04^b	3.10±0.01^b	0.76±0.00^e
	25^thJune(fruiting)	Sangju-dungsi	5.14±0.18^d	186.61±2.53^a	959.15±11.77^c	645.71±13.98^a	21.27±0.12^d	3.84±0.02^a	0.73±0.01^d	0.63±0.00^d
		Sangam-dungsi	6.73±0.12^b	174.29±4.50^b	1,484.30±28.62^a	647.38±28.82^a	34.69±0.13^b	2.73±0.01^e	1.05±0.01^b	1.19±0.01^a
		Cheongdobansi	5.50±0.22^c	182.70±3.97^a	1,237.49±36.26^b	444.96±12.76^c	74.75±1.30^a	3.57±0.02^b	0.86±0.01^c	0.82±0.01^b
		Gabjubaekmok	5.60±0.20^c	139.81±2.04^c	1,006.26±25.79^c	525.13±14.19^b	27.80±0.19^c	3.17±0.01^c	0.50±0.01^e	0.64±0.01^d
		Suhong	8.50±0.18^a	109.18±2.44^d	634.91±22.94^d	447.14±17.30^c	7.86±0.01^e	2.91±0.02^d	1.06±0.01^a	0.66±0.01^c

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