Table 4. Expression rate of 6-year-old red ginseng inner defect by grade (unit: %)
Grade | Horizontal section of inner white | Vertical section of inner white | Horizontal section of inner cavity | Vertical section of inner cavity | Ratio of saengnaeback1) |
Cheon2) | 96 | 78 | 4 | 2 | 98 |
Ji | 100 | 96 | 5 | 4 | 91 |
Yang | 98 | 95 | 19 | 10 | 80 |
Gi | 91 | 81 | 34 | 36 | 79 |
Saengnaeback, the underprocessed inner white which is not porous, has indistinguishable boundary from normal tissue.
Cheon, 1st grade; Ji, 2nd grade; Yang, 3rd grade; Gi, out of grade ginseng (n=100).