Table 2. Contents of liquiritin and liquiritigenin in fermented licorice extracts

(unit: mg/L, dry base)

Liquiritin Liquiritigenin
Control 2,468.67±121.291)a2) 254.23±28.81c
Fermented licorice(A. luchuensis) 90.42±2.49b 1,403.49±99.31a
Fermented licorice(A. oryzae) 43.93±6.07c 1,033.63±68.66b
1)Values are mean±SE. Values are mean of triplicates.
2)Means with the different superscripts in a column are significantly different (p<0.05).