Table 2.
Reducing power of hot-water extracts from Aster scaber in the wild field

Samples1) Reducing power (Absorbance 700 nm)
62.5 μg/mL 125 μg/mL 250 μg/mL 500 μg/mL 1,000 μg/mL
WRA 0.06±0.003)p4) 0.07±0.00p 0.14±0.00n 0.20±0.00l 0.40±0.00i
WRDA 0.11±0.00o 0.17±0.00m 0.27±0.02k 0.44±0.01h 0.72±0.00e
WBDA 0.12±0.01no 0.18±0.00lm 0.30±0.01j 0.59±0.00f 1.09±0.01c

BHT2) 0.27±0.00k 0.57±0.01g 0.88±0.01d 1.36±0.01b 1.53±0.04a
WRA ; Aster scaber was harvested in the wild field, WRDA ; Aster scaber was harvested in the wild field, and dryed at 25℃, WBDA ; Aster scaber was harvested in the wild field, dryed at 25℃ after blanched for 20min. in water of 100℃, CRA ; Aster scaber was cultivated in the field, CRDA ; Aster scaber was cultivated in the field, and dryed at 25℃, CBDA ; Aster scaber was cultivated in the field, dryed at 25℃ after blanched for 20min. in water of 100℃.
BHT : butylated hydroxy toluene.
All values are expressed as Mean±SD of triplicate determinations.
Different superscripts within the column are significantly different at p<0.05 by Duncan's multiple range test.