Table 4 The water content and pH of Shepherd’s purse by blanching time

Treatment	Blanching time (sec)	pH		Water content (%)
		Leaf	Root	Leaf	Root
		Raw	-	6.74±0.03c	5.60±0.07b	81.11±1.63c	88.44±0.81b
Blanched	10	6.81±0.02b	6.54±0.03a	85.11±0.44b	88.83±0.33b
	20	6.83±0.02b	6.57±0.01a	83.11±0.51ab	89.05±0.46b
	30	6.88±0.02a	6.53±0.03a	83.90±0.39ab	88.55±0.71b
	40	6.89±0.04a	6.56±0.05a	83.91±0.07a	90.55±0.41a

Different letters within the same column are significantly different from each other at p<0.05 by Duncan's multiple range test.