Quantitation of Phenolic Compounds Related to Antioxidant and Antiosteoporosis Activities in Ripe and Unripe Maesil (Prunus mume)

Table 1

Sample lists of P. mume fruits collected in Korea.

Harvest regions	No. of samples	Sample weight (average g/each fresh fruit)
		Unripe fruits^a	Ripe fruits^b
Daejeon	1	12.96 ± 5.69	11.46 ± 2.54
Gwangyang	2	13.58 ± 1.90	12.17 ± 0.40
Gyeryong	4	17.12 ± 7.82	20.57 ± 9.61
Gurye	4	18.08 ± 2.55	17.36 ± 2.52
Jangheung	2	17.44 ± 4.41	18.33 ± 4.32
Jinju	4	20.33 ± 2.66	22.65 ± 2.41
Nonsan	2	20.75 ± 3.28	25.85 ± 4.87
Sacheon	1	10.84 ± 2.97	13.03 ± 1.36
Suncheon	1	17.70 ± 1.84	18.80 ± 2.36

All unripe and ripe fruits were collected from agrofishery markets. ^aAn unripe fruit is a fruit grown after 60–80 days of flowering. ^bRipe fruits were artificially produced by after-ripening of fresh fruits for 3∼4 days at 27 ± 3°C or got ripe fruits naturally matured after 80–90 days of flowering from the market.