Table 2.

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

Origin#	Ophiopogonin B	Ophiopogonin D	Ophiopogonin D′	Total
Guangming	15.42 ± 0.18	147.57 ± 0.87	26.90 ± 1.23	189.89
Laoma	12.08 ± 1.01	172.97 ± 4.10	90.01 ± 6.95	275.06
Licheng	14.96 ± 1.61	136.78 ± 2.59	30.02 ± 5.79	181.76
Zhengsheng	41.48 ± 5.11	144.56 ± 7.11	68.05 ± 8.77	254.09
Xinde	11.88 ± 2.12	171.69 ± 4.83	28.72 ± 10.98	212.29
Lingxin	16.04 ± 1.79	146.29 ± 2.85	31.65 ± 7.70	193.98
Liuying	31.34 ± 1.34	168.27 ± 4.95	69.51 ± 3.48	269.12
Luxi	27.28 ± 1.45	167.37 ± 4.55	30.08 ± 3.63	224.73
Yongming	65.94 ± 4.34	208.91 ± 4.82	93.8 ± 6.81	368.65
Mean (CMD)	26.27 ± 17.99	162.71 ± 22.00	52.08 ± 28.08	241.06
Xiaolin	20.99 ± 4.25	15.27 ± 1.64	23.49 ± 10.82	59.75
Xingxing	21.97 ± 3.08	79.71 ± 3.33	41.78 ± 8.25	143.46
Qinchunbao	54.92 ± 2.53	21.26 ± 0.55	64.12 ± 3.43	140.30
Mean (HMD)	32.63 ± 19.31	38.75 ± 35.60∗∗	43.13 ± 20.35	114.50

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

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