Table 1.

The content of three saponins in tubers of HMD and CMD (μg/g).

Origin#	Ophiopogonin B	Ophiopogonin D	Ophiopogonin D′	Total
Guangming	10.97 ± 2.23	75.29 ± 2.95	13.89 ± 6.29	100.15
Laoma	21.28 ± 2.72	82.87 ± 2.10	24.64 ± 9.67	128.79
Licheng	10.67 ± 1.70	94.43 ± 2.52	14.25 ± 9.94	119.35
Zhengsheng	8.64 ± 1.82	68.51 ± 4.57	15.73 ± 9.29	92.88
Xinde	7.10 ± 2.84	91.98 ± 2.03	18.56 ± 12.25	117.64
Lingxin	13.10 ± 1.13	84.61 ± 3.41	16.83 ± 4.40	114.54
Liuying	11.14 ± 2.63	64.38 ± 2.73	18.26 ± 11.99	93.78
Luxi	15.24 ± 3.21	36.33 ± 2.58	18.59 ± 12.39	70.16
Yongming	27.71 ± 3.72	90.03 ± 4.66	14.31 ± 8.12	132.05
Mean (CMD)	13.98 ± 6.60	76.49 ± 18.29	17.23 ± 3.36	107.71
Xiaolin	42.41 ± 3.97	59.40 ± 5.08	37.23 ± 6.74	139.04
Xingxing	57.03 ± 7.85	40.38 ± 0.27	23.42 ± 5.97	120.83
Qinchunbao	26.25 ± 0.74	23.66 ± 0.31	22.89 ± 1.71	82.8
Mean (HMD)	41.90 ± 15.40∗∗	41.15 ± 17.88∗	27.85 ± 8.13∗∗	114.22

^#Town name, Santai county, Sichuan province; farm name and company name (3rd), Cixi city, Zhejiang province.

^∗ P < 0.05  and ^∗∗ P < 0.01  mean significant difference in the content between HMD and CMD, calculated by SPSS.