Table 4.

Correlations between the parameters tested.

Variables		Correlation Coefficient		p * Pearson’s Correlation Coefficient	Dependency Direction	Dependence Strength
Buckwheat pollen	TPC		0.755	p < 0.001 NP	positive	strong
Buckwheat pollen	a *		0.708	p < 0.001 NP	positive	strong
Buckwheat pollen	b *		0.705	p < 0.001 NP	positive	strong
White/sweet clover pollen	pinocembrin		0.659	p = 0.001 NP	positive	moderate
Plum/apple tree pollen	L *		0.653	p = 0.001 NP	positive	moderate
Willow pollen	p-coumaric acid		−0.591	p = 0.004 NP	negative	moderate
Rapeseed pollen	kaempferol		0.574	p = 0.005 NP	positive	moderate
Buckwheat pollen	L *		−0.567	p = 0.006 NP	negative	moderate
Chervil pollen	TPC		−0.559	p = 0.007 NP	negative	moderate
Chervil pollen	luteolin		0.522	p = 0.013 NP	positive	moderate
Chervil pollen	L *		0.516	p = 0.014 NP	positive	moderate
Buckwheat pollen	kaempferol		−0.51	p = 0.015 NP	negative	moderate
Chervil pollen	b *		−0.485	p = 0.022 NP	negative	weak
Chervil pollen	pinocembrin		0.483	p = 0.023 NP	positive	weak
Heather pollen	TPC		0.476	p = 0.025 NP	positive	weak
Buckwheat pollen	p-coumaric acid		0.46	p = 0.031 NP	positive	weak
Willow pollen	TPC		−0.455	p = 0.033 NP	negative	weak
Chervil pollen	quercetin		0.447	p = 0.037 NP	positive	weak
Brassicaceae pollen	quercetin		0.445	p = 0.038 NP	positive	weak
Rapeseed pollen	trans-ferulic acid		−0.44	p = 0.04 NP	negative	weak
Raspberry pollen	caffeic acid		0.439	p = 0.041 NP	positive	weak
Phacelia pollen	TPC		0.43	p = 0.046 NP	positive	weak
a *	b *		0.888	p < 0.001 NP	positive	strong
Pinocembrin	galangin		0.801	p < 0.001 NP	positive	strong
TPC	b *		0.8	p < 0.001 NP	positive	strong
L *	a *		−0.758	p < 0.001 NP	negative	strong
L *	b *		−0.695	p < 0.001 P	negative	moderate
TPC	a *		0.661	p = 0.001 NP	positive	moderate
TPC	L *		−0.651	p = 0.001 NP	negative	moderate
Luteolin	quercetin		0.649	p = 0.001 NP	positive	moderate
Chrysin	pinocembrin		0.596	p = 0.003 NP	positive	moderate
Caffeic acid	pinocembrin		0.568	p = 0.006 NP	positive	moderate
p-Coumaric acid	L *		−0.564	p = 0.006 P	negative	moderate
AOX	L *		−0.542	p = 0.009 NP	negative	moderate
AOX	TPC		0.541	p = 0.009 NP	positive	moderate
Chrysin	apigenin		0.527	p = 0.012 NP	positive	moderate
Chrysin	galangin		0.514	p = 0.014 NP	positive	moderate
Aox	b *		0.505	p = 0.017 NP	positive	moderate
p-Coumaric acid	a *		0.496	p = 0.02 NP	positive	weak
Caffeic acid	galangin		0.48	p = 0.024 NP	positive	weak
Kaempferol	a *		−0.47	p = 0.027 NP	negative	weak
Kaempferol	L *		0.465	p = 0.029 P	positive	weak
p-Coumaric acid	kaempferol		−0.439	p = 0.041 P	negative	weak
Quercetin	AOX		−0.437	p = 0.042 NP	negative	weak
p-Coumaric acid	b *		0.432	p = 0.045 P	positive	weak
Galangin	apigenin		0.432	p = 0.045 NP	positive	weak
Kaempferol	trans-ferulic acid		−0.423	p = 0.05 P	negative	weak

p* = normality of both parameters Pearson’s correlation coefficient; NP = lack of normality of at least one parameter Spearman’s correlation coefficient.