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. 2018 Sep 5;9:1321. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2018.01321

Table 3.

Different Metabolites (groups of Organic acid) (expressed as area, in arbitrary units, of chromatographic peaks) of breba fig fruit (Ficus carica L.) at commercial harvest time (T), coated with O. ficus-indica (OFI) mucilage (MC) and untreated (CTR) after 7 days at 4°C.

Commercial harvest time (T) Untreated (CTR) Treated with edible coating (MC)
Succinic acid 4039.4 a 1171.8 b 725.0 c
Saccharic acid 2087.2 a 1311.8 b 1777.0 b
Lactic acid 31640.8 a 1041.6 b 1137.4 b
Isothreonic acid 1252.0 b 1345.2 a 663.0 c
Glyceric acid 14161.6 a 14490.8 a 8014.0 b
Glutamic acid 5191.4 b 4414.2 b 7389.8 a
Glycolic acid 1266.2 a 383.6 c 453.6b
Citric acid 345383.8 b 528503.2 b 716363.0 a
Gluconic acid 199599.4 a 2978.6 b 3241.4 b
Malic acid 74869.6 b 62302.2 b 135343.2 a
Pipecolic acid 81100.0 a 46366.4 b 90840.0 a
Ribonic acid 654.2 a 392.4 b 508.8 b
Benzoic acid 904.2 a 793.8 b 1047.0 a
2-hydroxyglutaric acid 469.0 a 205.2 b 241.8 b
Malonic acid 238.2 b 222.4 b 451.8 a
Pelargonic acid 998.0 b 788.4 b 1113.4 a
Stearic acid 16771.4 b 13896.0 c 19832.8 a
Linoleic acid 321.6 a 149.6 b 387.2 a

Data are means n = 5. Different letters indicate significant differences between treatments (Fisher’s exact test, p ≤ 0.05); ns = non-significant differences.