Table 6
Chlorophylls, total carotenoid and ascorbic acid contents of Aster scaber in response to different blanching solutes (mg/100 g, wet basis)

Blanching solutes1)	Chlorophylls			Ca/Cb2)	TCC3)	TAC4)
	Total	a	b
	Control	157.38±2.07	103.96±2.92				53.53±0.88	1.94±0.09	457.01±1.69	46.32±2.04
Non-treated	176.66±0.21b5)	115.95±0.02b	60.84±0.19b	1.91±0.01c	467.86±1.01b	9.73±1.36a
Sol-Ca	157.19±0.57d	109.52±0.16d	47.78±0.44d	2.29±0.02a	470.26±1.33b	2.80±0.41c
NaHCO3	169.63±0.09c	113.65±0.06c	56.10±0.04c	2.03±0.00b	455.89±1.30c	2.84±0.25c
MgSO4	187.31±0.54a	118.24±0.39a	69.21±0.24a	1.71±0.01d	503.29±1.92a	7.06±0.17b

Abbreviations: Non-treated, water blanching; Sol-Ca, 0.1% soluble calcium; NaHCO₃, 0.1% soium bicarbonate; MgSO₄, 0.1% magnesium sulfate
Values are mean standard deviation of triplicate determinations. Different superscripts within a column (a-d) indicate significant differences (p<0.05)