. 2020 Jan 19;25(2):412. doi: 10.3390/molecules25020412

Table 2.

Epicuticular wax constituents of ‘Satsuma’ mandarin fruits during storage.

Compositions	Contents of Epicuticular Wax Constituents (μg cm⁻²)
Compositions	Harvest	10 days	20 days	30 days	40 days
Acids	0.73 ± 0.01 ^c	2.25 ± 0.26 ^b	3.03 ± 0.11 ^a	2.63 ± 0.18 ^b	0.70 ± 0.03 ^c
Dodecanoic acid	0.03 ± 0.01 ^b	0.04 ± 0.00 ^b	0.07 ± 0.01 ^a	0.11 ± 0.04 ^a	-
Tetradecanoic acid	0.05 ± 0.01 ^b	0.10 ± 0.01 ^a	0.10 ± 0.02 ^a	-	-
Pentadecanoic acid	0.02 ± 0.01	-	-	-	-
cis-9-Hexadecenoic acid	0.02 ± 0.01 ^b	0.07 ± 0.03 ^a	0.11 ± 0.05 ^a	0.11 ± 0.01 ^a	-
Hexadecanoic acid	0.40 ± 0.02 ^c	0.80 ± 0.06 ^b	1.02 ± 0.13 ^a	0.80 ± 0.07 ^b	0.31 ± 0.03 ^c
9,12-Octadecanoic acid	0.02 ± 0.01 ^b	0.07 ± 0.03 ^a	0.11 ± 0.03 ^a	0.08 ± 0.02 ^a	-
Oleic acid	0.03 ± 0.00 ^b	0.16 ± 0.01 ^a	0.16 ± 0.07 ^a	0.12 ± 0.04 ^a	-
Octadecanoic acid	0.12 ± 0.01 ^e	0.35 ± 0.07 ^c	0.72 ± 0.08 ^a	0.49 ± 0.03 ^b	0.18 ± 0.01 ^d
Eicosanoic acid	0.04 ± 0.02 ^d	0.66 ± 0.11 ^b	0.74 ± 0.13 ^a,b	0.92 ± 0.19 ^a	0.21 ± 0.03 ^c
Alkanes	0.12 ± 0.01 ^d	0.45 ± 0.05 ^b	0.68 ± 0.03 ^a	0.54 ± 0.06 ^b	0.35 ± 0.02 ^c
Heptadecane	0.04 ± 0.02	-	-	-	-
Heptacosane	0.02 ± 0.01 ^c	0.18 ± 0.09 ^a	0.23 ± 0.05 ^a	0.22 ± 0.04 ^a	0.10 ± 0.02 ^b
Nonacosane	0.02 ± 0.01 ^d	0.27 ± 0.10 ^b,c	0.45 ± 0.04 ^a	0.32 ± 0.04 ^b	0.25 ± 0.01 ^c
Hentriacontane	0.04 ± 0.01	-	-	-	-
Terpenoids	0.17 ± 0.01 ^a	0.12 ± 0.06 ^a,b	0.20 ± 0.07 ^a	0.15 ± 0.01 ^a	0.10 ± 0.01 ^b
Squalene	0.02 ± 0.00	-	-	-	-
Friedelin	0.15 ± 0.02 ^a	0.12 ± 0.06 ^a,b	0.20 ± 0.07 ^a	0.15 ± 0.01 ^a	0.10 ± 0.01 ^b

Note: Means in the same row with different lower case letters are significantly different (p < 0.05). “-” presented not detected.