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. 2019 Oct 30;10:1370. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2019.01370

Table 2.

Data of Pearson correlation analysis for temperature and 12 groups of metabolites in India.

Temperature Monoterpene Sesquiterpene Diterpene Triterpene Benzene PAH Nicotine Amino acid Organic acid Sugar NCSM Polyphenol
Temperature Pearson correlation 1 −0.3 0.186 −0.1 0.38 0.613* 0.499* 0.12 −0.551* −0.588* −0.024 −0.207 −0.236
Sig. (two-tailed) 0.26 0.49 0.714 0.147 0.012 0.049 0.659 0.027 0.017 0.931 0.442 0.379
Monoterpene Pearson correlation −0.3 1 0.559* 0.488 −0.477 −0.580* −0.642** −.523* 0.317 0.145 0.633** 0.158 0.672**
Sig. (two-tailed) 0.26 0.024 0.055 0.062 0.018 0.007 0.038 0.231 0.591 0.009 0.56 0.004
Sesquiterpene Pearson correlation 0.186 0.559* 1 0.528* −0.23 −0.245 −0.203 −0.152 −0.05 −0.155 0.581* 0.108 0.211
Sig. (two-tailed) 0.49 0.024 0.035 0.391 0.361 0.451 0.575 0.856 0.567 0.018 0.691 0.432
Diterpene Pearson correlation −0.1 0.488 0.528* 1 −0.309 −0.305 −0.313 −0.425 −0.317 −0.078 −0.063 −0.371 −0.222
Sig. (two-tailed) 0.714 0.055 0.035 0.244 0.251 0.238 0.101 0.232 0.773 0.818 0.158 0.41
Triterpene Pearson correlation 0.38 −0.477 −0.23 −0.309 1 0.802** 0.811** −0.079 −0.068 −0.138 −0.251 −0.067 −0.454
Sig. (two-tailed) 0.147 0.062 0.391 0.244 0 0 0.772 0.803 0.61 0.348 0.805 0.077
Benzene Pearson correlation 0.613* −0.580* −0.245 −0.305 0.802** 1 0.803** −0.046 −0.199 −0.207 −0.232 −0.167 −0.422
Sig. (two-tailed) 0.012 0.018 0.361 0.251 0 0 0.867 0.46 0.443 0.386 0.536 0.103
PAH Pearson correlation 0.499* −0.642** −0.203 −0.313 0.811** 0.803** 1 0.131 −0.292 −0.317 −0.351 −0.034 −0.575*
Sig. (two-tailed) 0.049 0.007 0.451 0.238 0 0 0.627 0.273 0.231 0.182 0.902 0.02
Nicotine Pearson correlation 0.12 −0.523* −0.152 −0.425 −0.079 −0.046 0.131 1 −0.021 0.087 −0.151 0.425 −0.062
Sig. (two-tailed) 0.659 0.038 0.575 0.101 0.772 0.867 0.627 0.939 0.749 0.578 0.101 0.821
Amino acid Pearson correlation −0.551* 0.317 −0.05 −0.317 −0.068 −0.199 −0.292 −0.021 1 0.805** 0.504* 0.759** 0.595*
Sig. (two-tailed) 0.027 0.231 0.856 0.232 0.803 0.46 0.273 0.939 0 0.046 0.001 0.015
Organic acid Pearson correlation −0.588* 0.145 −0.155 −0.078 −0.138 −0.207 −0.317 0.087 0.805** 1 0.149 0.603* 0.315
Sig. (two-tailed) 0.017 0.591 0.567 0.773 0.61 0.443 0.231 0.749 0 0.582 0.013 0.235
Sugar Pearson correlation −0.024 0.633** 0.581* −0.063 −0.251 −0.232 −0.351 −0.151 0.504* 0.149 1 0.426 0.780**
Sig. (two-tailed) 0.931 0.009 0.018 0.818 0.348 0.386 0.182 0.578 0.046 0.582 0.1 0
NCSM Pearson correlation −0.207 0.158 0.108 −0.371 −0.067 −0.167 −0.034 0.425 0.759** 0.603* 0.426 1 0.49
Sig. (two-tailed) 0.442 0.56 0.691 0.158 0.805 0.536 0.902 0.101 0.001 0.013 0.1 0.054
Polyphenol Pearson correlation −0.236 0.672** 0.211 −0.222 −0.454 −0.422 −.575* −0.062 0.595* 0.315 0.780** 0.49 1
Sig. (two-tailed) 0.379 0.004 0.432 0.41 0.077 0.103 0.02 0.821 0.015 0.235 0 0.054

Bold numbers mean significant difference. *significant correlation (2-tailed) with P-value less than 0.05, **significant correlation (2-tailed) with P-value less than 0.01, NCSM, nitrogen-containing secondary metabolites.