Table 3. Color changes according to aging of black garlic by cultivar

Parameter	Aging period (days)	Garlic cultivar
Parameter	Aging period (days)	Namdo	Daeseo	Hongsan	Uiseong
L	0	61.4±0.1^cD	56.3±0.3^bD	52.8±0.2^aD	56.8±0.4^bD
	5	37.1±0.1^bC	38.8±0.1^dC	36.5±0.3^aC	37.5±0.0^cC
	10	34.0±0.0^cB	34.3±0.1^cB	32.2±0.2^aB	33.2±0.1^bB
	15	31.2±0.1^aA	31.1±0.1^aA	31.1±0.1^aA	31.2±0.1^aA
a	0	−0.4±0.3^aA	−1.3±0.2^bA	−0.3±0.2^aA	−1.1±0.1^bA
	5	6.6±0.2^cD	6.4±0.2^bD	5.9±0.1^aD	6.3±0.1^bD
	10	5.2±0.1^dC	4.8±0.1^cC	3.6±0.1^aC	4.3±0.0^bC
	15	2.9±0.2^aB	3.0±0.3^aB	2.5±0.1^aB	2.5±0.2^aB
b	0	15.5±0.7^aD	19.2±1.9^bD	15.1±0.7^aD	15.4±0.8^aD
	5	9.8±0.1^cC	10.0±0.7^bcC	7.9±0.2^aC	9.1±0.2^bC
	10	5.8±0.1^cB	6.0±0.2^cB	3.4±0.1^aB	4.7±0.1^bB
	15	1.8±0.4^abA	2.3±0.0^bA	1.8±0.0^aA	1.8±0.0^abA

Mean in the same row with different superscripts are significantly different at p<0.05 by Duncan’s multiple range test.
Mean in the same column with different superscripts are significantly different at p<0.05 by Duncan’s multiple range test.