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. 2019 Feb 19;7:e6492. doi: 10.7717/peerj.6492

Table 3. Pearson's correlation coefficients between phytochemicals and geographic and climatic factors.

Traits Longitude Latitude Altitude Annual average precipitation Annual sunlight Annual averagetemperature
Water-soluble polysaccharide −0.432** −0.098 0.207 −0.190 −0.324** −0.030
Total flavonoid −0.013 −0.108 −0.005 −0.049 −0.084 −0.161
Total polyphenol −0.169 0.016 0.045 −0.153 −0.154 −0.187
3-O-caffeoyluinic acid −0.420** −0.008 0.340* −0.282 −0.250 −0.279
4-O-caffeoyluinic acid 0.108 0.211 −0.093 0.052 −0.036 −0.318*
Quercetin-3-O-glucuronide 0.019 0.052 0.052 0.126 −0.042 −0.338*
Quercetin-3-O-galactoside −0.064 −0.081 0.155 0.030 −0.057 −0.120
Isoquercitrin −0.396** 0.152 0.205 −0.360* −0.251 0.215
Kaempferol-3-O-glucuronide −0.146 0.016 0.096 −0.029 −0.133 −0.196
Kaempferol-3-O-glucoside −0.283 0.112 0.186 −0.413** −0.036 0.355**
Quercetin-3-O-rhamnoside −0.139 0.006 0.202 −0.090 0.035 0.083
Kaempferol-3-O-rhamnoside −0.284 −0.064 0.276 −0.087 −0.048 −0.046
IC50 of DPPH −0.014 −0.206 −0.023 0.011 −0.162 0.312*
IC50 of ABTS −0.199 0.161 0.308* −0.229 −0.211 0.074
EC50 of reducing power 0.020 −0.041 −0.158 0.046 −0.045 0.428**

Note:

* and ** indicate significant effects at p < 0.05 and p < 0.01, respectively.