Table 1. Physicochemical properties of 6-year-old red ginseng by grade
Grade | Weight (g) | Volume (cm3) | Density (g/cm3) | Body length (cm) | Leg length (cm) | Ratio of body and leg |
Cheon1) | 21.97±2.922)a3) | 16.47±2.45a | 1.34±0.05c | 6.96±0.96a | 4.07±0.87a | 1.83±0.63b |
Ji | 21.99±3.06a | 16.96±2.81a | 1.30±0.07b | 6.49±0.97b | 4.35±0.77a | 1.58±0.52a |
Yang | 21.88±2.52a | 16.81±2.21a | 1.31±0.09bc | 6.18±1.31b | 4.88±1.32b | 1.42±0.66a |
Gi | 24.91±3.11b | 20.10±3.16b | 1.25±0.09a | 6.42±1.47b | 4.78±1.38b | 1.55±0.86a |
Cheon, 1st grade; Ji, 2nd grade; Yang, 3rd grade; Gi, out of grade ginseng.
Values of weight, volume, and density are mean±standard deviation (n=50).
Means significantly different between grades by Duncan’s multi-range test (p⟨0.05).