Table 2. Hunter's color values of Corni Fructus powders depending on picking periods

	Days after full bloom (DAFB)
	236	250	266	280	298	311	327
L1)	54.5±0.24a2)	48.23±0.05b	38.24±0.17e	35.37±0.02f	45.83±0.18c	41.29±0.12d	41.41±0.23d
a	27.39±0.03e	33.17±0.09c	34.78±0.15b	39.84±0.02a	28.56±0.09d	26.35±0.08f	22.03±0.02g
b	17.51±0.02b	16.76±0.07d	17.32±0.16c	23.42±0.02a	15.88±0.07e	15.77±0.05f	15.68±0.04f

¹⁾L; lightness (0-100), a; redness (-80-100), b; yellowness (-70-70).
^2)a-gMeans followed by the same letters within the picking periods are not significantly different (p<0.05).