Table 2. Comprehensive changes of fatty acid contents of ginseng sprouts (above and below ground) according to the roasting process

Contents (mg/100 g)	Above ground / Roasting time (min, 150°C)				Below ground / Roasting time (min, 200°C)
Contents (mg/100 g)	0	5	10	15	0	5	10	15
Saturated fatty acids
Myristic acid (C14:0)	5.1±0.26^a1)	4.7±0.24^a	5.0±0.25^a	4.9±0.25^a	ND²⁾	ND	ND	ND
Palmitic acid (C16:0)	261.8±13.09^a	250.5±12.53^a	200.3±10.02^b	191.4±9.57^b	182.4±9.12^bc	185.5±9.28^bc	184.7±9.24^bc	166.5±8.33^c
Stearic acid (C18:0)	96.7±4.84^a	87.9±4.40^b	87.0±4.35^b	86.0±4.30^b	89.7±4.49^ab	78.4±3.92^c	78.2±3.91^c	71.6±3.58^c
Arachidic acid (C20:0)	ND	ND	ND	ND	6.1±0.31^ab	6.3±0.32^ab	7.0±0.35^a	5.4±0.27^b
Behenic aicd (C22:0)	5.4±0.27^c	4.9±0.25^c	6.8±0.34^c	5.5±0.28^c	11.0±0.55^b	11.5±0.58^b	13.4±0.67^a	10.4±0.52^b
Lignoceric acid (C24:0)	ND	4.3±0.22^c	6.4±0.32^bc	7.9±0.40^b	8.3±0.42^b	7.9±0.40^b	8.6±0.43^b	12.2±0.61^a
Total	369.0	352.3	305.5	295.7	297.5	289.6	291.9	266.1
Unsaturated fatty acids
Palmitoleic acid (C16:1)	7.4±0.37^b	8.3±0.42^b	10.2±0.51^ab	12.3±0.62^a	ND	ND	ND	ND
Oleic acid (C18:1c)	84.8±4.24^a	44.2±2.21^b	46.4±2.32^b	43.5±2.18^b	19.3±0.97^c	24.4±1.22^c	22.8±1.14^c	22.3±1.12^c
Linoleic acid (C18:2c)	234.0±11.70^b	242.0±12.10^b	235.6±11.78^b	221.0±11.05^b	291.7±14.59^a	297.8±14.89^a	302.2±15.11^a	312.8±15.64^a
α-Linolenic (C18:3n3)	186.0±9.30^d	295.9±14.80^a	278.1±13.91^b	257.8±12.89^c	20.1±1.0^e	20.9±1.05^e	23.9±1.20^e	20.6±1.03^e
Ecosadienoic acid (C20:2)	ND	ND	ND	ND	4.6±0.23^a	4.4±0.22^a	5.5±0.28^a	4.7±0.24^a
Arachidonic acid (C20:4n6)	ND	ND	ND	ND	3.8±0.19^b	3.8±0.19^b	4.9±0.25^a	ND
Nervonic acid (C24:1n9)	ND	ND	ND	ND	6.0±0.30^c	8.0±0.40^b	15.0±0.75^a	10.7±0.54^ab
Docosahexaenoic acid (C22:6n3)	7.2±0.36^b	5.6±0.28^ab	4.9±0.25^ab	3.0±0.15^c	5.3±0.27^ab	4.5±0.23^b	8.8±0.44^a	8.1±0.41^a
Total	519.4	596.0	579.1	541.8	366.2	378.5	399.8	393.8
Total fatty acids	888.4	948.3	884.6	837.5	663.7	668.1	691.7	659.9

All values are presented as the mean±SD of triplicate determinations. All values within a column with different superscript letters represent statistically significant difference from each other at p<0.05 by Duncan’s multiple range test.
ND, not detected.