Table 1.

Comparison of organic acid and sugar content in persimmon juice harvested from different regions of Korea

Organic acid composition	Organic acid contents (mg/kg)1)
	Sancheong	Hadong	Sacheon	Jinju	Yeongam	Gurye
Oxalic acid	68.88 ± 5.87	100.27 ± 6.75	69.50 ± 7.15	58.37 ± 3.95	121.16 ± 7.93	71.30 ± 3.97
Tartaric acid	1595.45 ± 92.1	1396.91 ± 89.2	1960.10 ± 107.3	2448.49 ± 117.2	2217.44 ± 123.7	1640.67 ± 101.5
Malic acid	316.00 ± 17.5	376.25 ± 17.6	354.01 ± 21.6	198.81 ± 8.72	310.95 ± 13.1	408.37 ± 14.6
Ascorbic acid	307.00 ± 15.3	323.19 ± 12.9	303.14 ± 13.9	177.66 ± 8.33	356.60 ± 15.7	315.67 ± 11.79
Latic acid	129.28 ± 2.36	175.24 ± 9.45	132.77 ± 2.88	144.04 ± 10.17	330.29 ± 12.2	97.79 ± 6.38
Acetic acid	159.13 ± 8.55	171.06 ± 9.13	214.65 ± 10.27	243.36 ± 13.42	247.54 ± 8.75	153.05 ± 9.27
Citric acid	127.80 ± 9.37	111.80 ± 7.31	140.35 ± 10.70	203.95 ± 9.68	128.18 ± 5.73	225.95 ± 123.56
Succinic acid	ND2)	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND
Fumaric acid	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND
Glutaric acid	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND
Sugar composition	Sugar contents (g/kg)
	Sancheong	Hadong	Sacheon	Jinju	Yeongam	Gurye
Sucrose	10.25 ± 0.35	12.74 ± 0.32	8.93 ± 0.45	9.13 ± 0.37	9.24 ± 0.41	11.65 ± 0.42
Fructose	44.37 ± 1.75	47.54 ± 1.93	40.99 ± 2.37	37.55 ± 1.39	41.11 ± 1.29	44.92 ± 1.09
Glucose	62.38 ± 3.69	70.32 ± 2.85	60.62 ± 3.12	55.53 ± 1.95	60.87 ± 2.15	66.43 ± 1.83

¹⁾All values are presented as the mean ± SD of triplicate determinations.

²⁾ND: not detected.