Sugar Culture period
  Feb
Mar
Apr May  Jun   Jul 
Rhamnose 0.11 ± 0.00a 0.08 ± 0.00b 0.08 ± 0.00b 0.04 ± 0.00c 0.04 ± 0.00c 0.03 ± 0.01d
Ribose 0.19 ± 0.00a 0.10 ± 0.00b 0.10 ± 0.00b 0.01 ± 0.00d 0.02 ± 0.00c 0.01 ± 0.01d
Mannose 0.66 ± 0.01b 0.55 ± 0.01d 0.65 ± 0.01b 0.72 ± 0.02a 0.60 ± 0.01c 0.56 ± 0.02d
Fucose 3.32 ± 0.08c 4.17 ± 0.13b 4.84 ± 0.12a 2.68 ± 0.06d 2.27 ± 0.06f 2.52 ± 0.16e
Galactose 2.31 ± 0.06a 1.92 ± 0.04b 1.97 ± 0.06b 0.80 ± 0.02d 0.88 ± 0.02c 0.71 ± 0.11e
Xylose 0.35 ± 0.01a 0.24 ± 0.01b 0.16 ± 0.00c 0.06 ± 0.00d 0.05 ± 0.00e 0.05 ± 0.00e
Glucose 0.55 ± 0.01d 0.64 ± 0.02c 0.68 ± 0.02b 0.73 ± 0.01a 0.72 ± 0.02a 0.53 ± 0.12d
Total 7.48 ± 0.17b 7.70 ± 0.17b 8.47 ± 0.21a 5.03 ± 0.13c 4.56 ± 0.11d 4.40 ± 0.14d
aValues represent means ± standard error (n=3). Mean values in the same row followed by different letters differ significantly (p<0.05).
Table 4: Seasonal variation of component sugar in the dried sea tangle (S. japonica) cultured at Kijang areaa
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