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. 2020 Apr 8;9(4):462. doi: 10.3390/foods9040462

Table 4.

Average content of individual organic acids, total acids (TA) and sugars/acids ratio (S/A) in analyzed wild fruit species (g kg−1 FM) *.

Species/Growing Region Growing Season Malic Acid Citric Acid Shikimic Acid Fumaric Acid TA S/A
SE SE SE SE SE SE
DRB 2014 4.09 0.124x 1.57 0.114x 0.33 0.042x 0.07 0.006x 6.07 0.253x 26.42 1.161x
2015 5.87 0.057y 1.96 0.910y 0.43 0.043y 0.09 0.007y 8.35 0.015y 17.73 0.084y
Mean by region 4.98 1.230c 1.76 1.023c 0.38 0.066d 0.08 0.013c 7.21 1.260c 22.07 4.816b
DRD 2014 6.43 0.223x 2.06 0.161x 0.52 0.042x 0.25 0.025x 9.26 0.202x 19.16 0.424x
2015 7.27 0.183y 2.27 0.987y 0.78 0.009y 0.34 0.008y 10.66 0.453y 15.55 0.662y
Mean by region 6.85 0.493b 2.16 0.560b 0.65 0.146b 0.29 0.051a 9.96 0.830b 17.36 2.038c
DRF 2014 3.87 0.098x 1.48 0.024x 0.44 0.028x 0.07 0.003x 5.87 0.079x 30.28 0.113x
2015 5.11 0.075y 1.80 0.005y 0.53 0.004y 0.08 0.001y 7.51 0.080y 21.86 0.177y
Mean by region 4.49 1.679d 1.64 0.210c 0.49 0.049c 0.08 0.010c 6.69 0.902d 26.07 4.616a
DRK 2014 7.35 0.184x 2.78 0.117x 0.71 0.034x 0.12 0.024x 10.96 0.318x 14.06 0.462x
2015 8.55 1.567y 3.18 0.155y 0.84 0.031y 0.18 0.069y 12.74 0.369y 10.87 0.346y
Mean by region 7.95 3.093a 2.98 0.340a 0.77 0.078a 0.15 0.057b 11.85 1.027a 12.46 1.78d
CCB 2014 28.61 0.863x 1.30 0.044x 0.57 0.121x 0.50 0.060x 30.97 0.832y 5.17 0.126x
2015 31.43 0.582y 1.49 0.098y 0.83 0.013y 0.59 0.02y 34.34 0.532x 4.12 0.075y
Mean by region 30.02 1.681b 1.40 0.124a 0.70 0.158b 0.55 0.066b 32.66 1.945b 4.65 0.580b
CCD 2014 30.81 1.929x 1.43 0.039x 1.18 0.242x 1.01 0.079x 34.43 1.687y 4.71 0.218x
2015 34.06 1.102y 1.54 0.067y 1.45 0.386y 1.12 0.036y 38.17 0.804x 3.59 0.066y
Mean by region 32.44 2.269a 1.48 0.080a 1.31 0.322a 1.07 0.082a 36.30 2.365a 4.15 0.628c
CCF 2014 24.98 0.884x 1.13 0.112x 0.51 0.028x 0.36 0.015x 26.99 0.794y 5.96 0.098x
2015 28.31 0.457y 1.30 0.145y 0.73 0.009y 0.42 0.007y 30.76 0.400x 4.81 0.051y
Mean by region 26.65 1.931c 1.22 0.135b 0.62 0.118b 0.39 0.037b 28.88 2.140c 5.39 0.635a
CCK 2014 31.13 0.938x 1.43 0.171x 0.73 0.041x 1.02 0.109x 34.31 0.662y 4.50 0.086x
2015 33.39 0.564y 1.63 0.088y 0.96 0.013y 1.19 0.302y 37.17 0.935x 3.70 0.092y
Mean by region 32.26 2.034a 1.53 0.163a 0.85 0.128b 1.10 0.223a 35.74 1.725a 4.10 0.443c
WSB 2014 1.19 0.011y 4.70 0.407y 0.08 0.010y 0.001 0.0001 5.97 0.396y 15.55 1.124x
2015 2.13 0.023x 6.97 0.115x 0.12 0.014x 0.002 0.0001 9.22 0.094y 8.23 0.172y
Mean by region 1.66 0.518b 5.83 1.271a 0.10 0.022 0.002 0.0002 7.60 1.799a 11.89 4.07b
WSR 2014 1.23 0.103y 3.21 0.102y 0.09 0.008y 0.002 0.0005 4.53 0.178y 24.64 1.20x
2015 2.68 0.042x 6.07 0.042x 0.11 0.002x 0.002 0.0006 8.86 0.075x 9.91 0.073y
Mean by region 1.95 1.123a 4.64 1.57b 0.10 0.011 0.002 0.0005 6.70 2.37b 17.22 5.159a
WBF 2014 2.56 0.250y 7.07 0.237y 0.14 0.013y 0.0010 0.0002y 9.78 0.471y 7.55 0.317x
2015 4.35 0.145x 10.63 0.262x 0.18 0.007x 0.0014 0.0000x 15.16 0.254x 3.80 0.183y
Mean by year 3.45 1.340 8.85 1.96 0.16 0.022 0.001 0.0003 12.47 2.968 5.67 2.068

Average values ± standard error (SE) in column marked with different letters (a–c) represent statistically significant differences between locations within the same species; different letters (x–y) represent statistically significant differences between growing year of wild fruit; Tukey’s test, p < 0.05.