Table 4

Ripening stage	AIM(%DW)	WSP(% DW)	GuA^c (% WSP DW)	DM (%)
1	38.47^a (4.39)	6.06^a (1.08)	40.58^a (2.46)	46.52^a (3.75)
2	42.30^a (6.75)	5.65^a (1.21)	40.99^a (2.32)	47.31^a (2.61)
3	45.11a,^b (6.84)	5.44^a (1.40)	44.45^a,b (2.42)	45.77^a (4.73)
4	47.40^b (4.93)	5.14^a (1.12)	46.81^b (2.41)	36.07^b (3.93)
5	39.13^c (6.23)	4.67^a (0.83)	57.25^c (2.68)	37.61^b (2.53)

AIM: Alcohol Insoluble Material
WSP: Water Soluble Polysaccharide
GuAc: Galacturonic acid
DM: Degree of Methylation

Data are presented as means with standard deviations of triplicate determinations. Mean values with different small letters in the same column for a given analysis are statistically significant (p<0.05)

Table 4: Characteristics of polysaccharides extracted from jujube cultivar P3 during ripening.