Table 3.
Correlation matrix of the studied parameters based on Spearman’s rank correlation coefficients (r s)
| TPC | TFC | Protein | Carotenoid | 1/IC50 | Antibacterial (whole) | Antibacterial (nonperoxide) | H2O2 contribution (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TPC | – | |||||||
| TFC | 0.02 | – | ||||||
| Protein | −0.20 | 0.16 | – | |||||
| Carotenoid | 0.28 | 0.16 | −0.11 | – | ||||
| 1/IC50 | 0.72* | 0.26 | 0.18 | 0.29 | – | |||
| Antibacterial (whole) | 0.73* | 0.22 | −0.26 | 0.00 | 0.47 | – | ||
| Antibacterial (nonperoxide) | 0.46 | 0.41 | −0.22 | −0.09 | 0.13 | 0.58** | – | |
| H2O2 contribution (%) | 0.25 | −0.11 | 0.11 | 0.07 | 0.39 | 0.33 | −0.48 | – |
*
P ˂ 0.01.
**
P ˂ 0.05.