Table 3.
Sugars and pectin contents of Morus species fruits
| Plant name | Total sugar (g/100 g FW) | Reducing sugar (g/100 g FW) | Non-reducing sugar (g/100 g FW) | Pectin (g/100 g FW) |
| Morus alba | 7.55±1.01a | 5.90±0.92c | 1.65±0.11d | ND |
| Morus nigra | 6.64±1.12a | 4.94±0.73c | 1.70±0.15d | 0.76±0.03 |
| Morus laevigata (large white fruit) | 10.89±1.91b | 8.11±1.10b | 1.78±1.21d | ND |
| Morus laevigata (large black fruit) | 8.18±1.83b | 6.62±0.97b | 1.56±0.17d | ND |
FW: fresh weight; ND: not detected. Values (mean±SD) followed by the same superscript in each column are not significantly different at P<0.05