Table 6 Acidic polysaccharide, total phenolics, total flavonoids and antioxidant activity of cultivated wild Panax ginseng

	3 years	5 years	7 years
Acidic polysaccharide contents (mg galacturonic acid/g dry ginseng)	531.09±6.07^a1)	251.03±0.61^b	153.41±0.28^c
	(2,419.49±18.95^a)2)	(1,143.62±2.78^b)	(698.89±1.28^c)
Total phenolics (mg GAE/100 g)	62.60±0.91^a	58.28±0.75^b	52.78±1.37^c
Total phenolics (mg GAE/100 g)	(285.19±4.16^a)	(228.27±2.93^b)	(185.73±4.80^c)
Total flavonoids (mg CE/100 g)	18.77±1.02^a	16.85±1.02^a	13.26±1.24^b
Total flavonoids (mg CE/100 g)	(85.51±4.64^a)	(65.99±3.99^b)	(46.64±4.35^c)
DPPH radical scavenging activity (mg VCE/100 g)	17.21±0.27^a	12.99±0.41^b	13.26±1.24 ^b
DPPH radical scavenging activity (mg VCE/100 g)	(78.42±1.23^a)	(50.90±1.62^c)	(52.87±3.34^b)
ABTS radical scavenging activity (mg VCE/100 g)	41.90±1.64^a	33.46±0.88^b	34.46±2.60^b
ABTS radical scavenging activity (mg VCE/100 g)	(190.89±7.49^a)	(131.04±3.45^b)	(121.00±9.16^c)

Values with the same letter in the same line are not significantly different (p<0.05).
Values in parentheses are expressed in dry basis.