Chemical Composition and Antioxidant Activities of Five Samples of Prunus mume Umezu from Different Factories in South and East China

Table 2

Predominant organic acids of umezu from different factories (g/L).

Umezu samples	Oxalic acid	Citric acid	Malic acid	Succinic acid	Lactic acid	Acetic acid	Total
Fujian green mume	0.71 ± 0.16	36.93 ± 0.34	7.60 ± 0.63	1.01 ± 0.19	4.51 ± 0.17	1.30 ± 0.02	52.06 ± 1.14
Fujian white mume	0.36 ± 0.04	34.06 ± 3.54	9.54 ± 1.94	1.13 ± 0.04	4.20 ± 0.22	1.15 ± 0.08	50.44 ± 5.43
Luhe green mume	0.57 ± 0.06	30.89 ± 0.73	6.42 ± 0.12	1.26 ± 0.24	3.98 ± 0.20	0.66 ± 0.21	43.78 ± 0.73
Puning green mume	0.46 ± 0.03	36.27 ± 0.25	7.59 ± 0.85	0.90 ± 0.09	3.83 ± 0.41	0.95 ± 0.16	49.99 ± 0.03
Raoping green mume	0.61 ± 0.13	38.13 ± 0.76	6.63 ± 0.16	1.21 ± 0.21	3.43 ± 0.81	1.34 ± 0.06	51.35 ± 1.75

Means ± SD ( = 3) within each column followed by the same letter are not significantly different at the 5% level.