Table 1.
Color parameters, total polyphenol, carotenoid and ascorbic acid contents of Aster scaber in response to blanching times

Blanching time (min)	Color parameters			Polyphenols (mg/GAE2)g)	TCC3) (mg/100 g)	TAC4) (mg/100 g)
	a value	Chroma value	Delta E1)
	Control	-8.51±0.35c5)	12.70±0.17a				-	2.04±0.11c	459.67±2.59b	46.32±2.04a
1	-8.32±0.32bc	11.55±0.69b	1.56±0.75NS6)	8.17±0.03a	393.79±1.25d	25.08±0.87b
3	-8.16±0.17bc	11.02±0.85bc	2.01±0.25	6.55±0.03b	467.30±0.78a	9.76±1.26c
5	-7.30±0.17a	10.48±0.25c	2.27±0.17	0.69±0.01d	409.44±1.18c	4.13±0.61d

Leaves before blanching: L(28.00), a(-8.51), b(9.12)
Abbreviations: GAE, gallic acid equivalents; TCC, total carotenoid content; TAC, total ascorbic acid content
Values are mean standard deviation of triplicate determinations. Different superscripts within a column (a-d) indicate significant differences (p<0.05)
NS: not significant