Table 1. Condition of HPLC for analyzing free sugar and organic acid contents

Parameters Condition
Free sugar Organic acid
Instrument HPLC (HPLC 600E, Waters Co., Milford, MA, USA) HPLC (HPLC 600E, Waters Co., Milford, MA, USA)
Column Sugar-Pak I column (6.5×300 mm, Waters, Milford, MA, USA) PL Hi-Plex H column (7.7×300 mm, Agilent Technologies, Santa Clara, CA, USA)
Flow rates 0.5 mL/min 0.6 mL/min
Column oven 90°C 65°C
Mobile phase 0.001 M Ca-ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (Ca-EDTA, Sigma Chemical Co., St. Louis, MO, USA) buffer 0.005 M sulfuric acid (Duksan, Ansan, Korea)