Table 2.
Effect of seasonality on caffeic acid content (%) of leaves of B. dracunculifolia along 1 year.
| Month/ | São Paulo state | Minas Gerais state | Paraná state | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| regions | Franca 1 | Cajurú | Franca 2 | Ribeirão Preto | Campinas | Paraguaçu | Alfenas | Ouro Fino | Colombo 1 | Colombo 2 |
| May/04(A) | 3.70 ± 0.20(a) | 3.41 ± 0.21(a) | 3.57 ± 0.25(a) | 3.50 ± 0.28 (a) | 3.15 ± 0.08(a) | 3.45 ± 0.18(a) | 3.70 ± 0.23(a) | 3.45 ± 0.14(a) | 4.09 ± 0.41(a) | 3.51 ± 0.37(a) |
| June/04(A) | 4.32 ± 0.18(a) | 4.14 ± 0.13(a) | 3.96 ± 0.24(a) | 3.95 ± 0.21 (a) | 4.29 ± 0.11(a) | 4.68 ± 0.49(b) | 3.99 ± 0.11(a) | 4.07 ± 0.38(b) | 3.99 ± 0.11(a) | 4.14 ± 0.10(b) |
| July/04(A) | 5.07 ± 0.56(b) | 4.09 ± 0.69(a) | 4.42 ± 0.30(a) | 3.58 ± 0.77(a) | 4.01 ± 0.42(a) | 4.41 ± 0.15(a) | 4.66 ± 0.80(b) | 3.53 ± 0.59(a) | 4.90 ± 0.16(b) | 4.67 ± 0.15(b) |
| August/04(A) | 4.37 ± 0.38(a) | 3.40 ± 0.65(a) | 4.10 ± 0.11(a) | 4.09 ± 0.14(a) | 4.24 ± 0.40(a) | 3.74 ± 0.35(a) | 4.24 ± 0.49(a) | 3.54 ± 0.36(a) | 4.57 ± 0.87(a) | 3.34 ± 0.78(a) |
| Sept/04(A) | 3.40 ± 0.35(a) | 3.12 ± 0.20(a) | 3.25 ± 0.68(a) | 3.03 ± 0.48(a) | 3.99 ± 0.15(a) | 3.58 ± 0.45(a) | 2.94 ± 0.16(a) | 2.71 ± 0.45(a) | 3.81 ± 0.91(a) | 2.53 ± 0.81(a) |
| Oct/04(B) | 4.29 ± 0.76(a) | 4.35 ± 0.10(b) | 5.57 ± 0.83(b) | 4.82 ± 0.88(b) | 6.00 ± 0.62(b) | 5.68 ± 1.11(b) | 4.11 ± 0.31(a) | 4.55 ± 0.81(b) | 6.50 ± 1.97(b) | 3.71 ± 1.70(a) |
| Nov/04(A) | 4.18 ± 0.34(a) | 4.05 ± 0.09(a) | 4.49 ± 0.47(b) | 3.58 ± 0.36(a) | 4.24 ± 0.46(a) | 4.41 ± 0.28(a) | 4.02 ± 0.21(a) | 4.32 ± 0.20(b) | 5.14 ± 1.28(b) | 3.33 ± 1.15(a) |
| Dec/04(A) | 3.86 ± 0.18(a) | 3.47 ± 0.28(a) | 3.44 ± 0.13(a) | 3.41 ± 0.23(a) | 3.6 ± 0.55(a) | 4.02 ± 0.04(a) | 3.96 ± 0.20(a) | 3.73 ± 0.16(a) | 3.70 ± 0.25(a) | 3.34 ± 0.23(b) |
| Jan/05(B) | 5.35 ± 0.46(b) | 4.70 ± 0.46(b) | 5.24 ± 0.72(b) | 4.85 ± 0.51(b) | 5.87 ± 0.28(b) | 4.31 ± 0.61(a) | 5.17 ± 0.17(b) | 5.00 ± 0.46(b) | 4.76 ± 0.52(b) | 4.02 ± 0.47(b) |
| Feb/05(A) | 4.65 ± 0.90(b) | 3.76 ± 0.63(a) | 3.32 ± 0.75(a) | 4.60 ± 0.60(b) | 5.66 ± 0.65(b) | 4.57 ± 1.00(a) | 5.30 ± 0.59(b) | 4.47 ± 1.50(b) | 3.42 ± 1.00(a) | 4.06 ± 0.90(b) |
| March/05(B) | 5.58 ± 0.33 (b) | 5.06 ± 0.37(b) | 5.58 ± 0.51(b) | 5.09 ± 0.37(b) | 5.81 ± 0.29(b) | 4.87 ± 0.53(b) | 5.62 ± 0.42(b) | 5.03 ± 0.40(b) | 3.97 ± 0.77(a) | 5.06 ± 0.70(b) |
| April/05(B) | 4.23 ± 0.47 (a) | 4.34 ± 0.08(b) | 4.36 ± 0.17(b) | 5.03 ± 0.54(b) | 5.27 ± 0.39(b) | 4.07 ± 0.23(a) | 4.39 ± 0.13(b) | 4.20 ± 0.22(b) | 3.67 ± 0.10(a) | 3.78 ± 0.11(b) |
Capital and small letters denote significant differences at P < .01. (A) and (B) refer to the mean values among population for each month; (a) and (b) correspond to the significant differences for each population in time frame studied.