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. 2023 May 15;8(21):18603–18616. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.3c00466

Table 5. Intensity of the Correlations between Analyzed Parameters in Blueberry Fruits of ‘Simultan’ and ‘Duke’ Cultivars and Their Progeny Hybrids.

  TSS pH TPC TFC TAC vitamin C lycopene β-carotene antioxidant activity
berry weight (g) –0.493c 0.143 –0.390c –0.362c 0.000 0.153 –0.418c –0.298b –0.158
0.000 0.129 0.000 0.000 0.998 0.104 0.000 0.001 0.241
TSS (°Brix) 1 –0.112 0.215a 0.105 0.118 –0.027 0.217a 0.191a 0.154
  0.235 0.022 0.266 0.210 0.777 0.020 0.042 0.252
pH   1 –0.121 –0.009 –0.109 0.021 –0.082 –0.008 –0.117
    0.199 0.924 0.250 0.827 0.387 0.935 0.387
TPC (mg GAE/100 g)     1 0.288b 0.303b –0.044 0.432c 0.116 0.022
      0.002 0.001 0.642 0.000 0.218 0.870
TFC (mg CE/100 g)       1 0.450c –0.163 0.133 –0.013 0.073
        0.000 0.083 0.159 0.889 0.587
TAC (mg C3-GE/100 g)         1 –0.193a –0.129 –0.257b 0.169
          0.040 0.171 0.006 0.208
vitamin C (mg/100 g)           1 –0.187a 0.371c 0.288a
            0.046 0.000 0.030
lycopene (mg/100 g)             1 0.541c –0.373b
              0.000 0.004
β-carotene (mg/100 g)               1 –0.120
                0.375
a

Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (two-tailed).

b

Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (two-tailed).

c

Correlation is significant at the 0.001 level (two-tailed).