Table 3.
Reducing power of hot-water extracts from Aster scaber in the cultivated field

Samples1)	Reducing power (Absorbance 700 nm)
	62.5 μg/mL	125 μg/mL	250 μg/mL	500 μg/mL	1,000 μg/mL
	CRA	0.05 0.00^o	0.10 0.00ⁿ	0.15 0.00^m	0.26 0.00^k	0.48 0.01ⁱ
CRDA	0.04 0.00^o	0.16 0.00^m	0.23 0.00^l	0.53 0.01^h	1.03 0.00^d
CBDA	0.12 0.00ⁿ	0.20 0.00^l	0.34 0.01^j	0.67 0.01^f	1.19 0.05^c

BHT2)	0.27 0.00^k	0.57 0.01^g	0.88 0.01^e	1.36 0.01^b	1.53 0.04^a

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.