Table 5.

Characteristic vectors of the analysis of 229 morphological, biochemical, genetic, and biological activity variables of fruits from ten Sechium spp. genotypes.

Character	PC1	PC2	PC3	PC4	PC5
Fruit length	− 0.04524	− 0.00769	− 0.16111	− 0.06994	0.02867
Fruit width	− 0.03345	0.01857	− 0.16263	0.01423	0.02682
Fruit depth	0.00121	0.03002	− 0.13941	0.03266	0.05199
Fruit color	0.05023	0.04151	− 0.14366	0.05107	0.07284
Fruit shape	0.03729	− 0.05812	0.03033	− 0.01781	0.18951
Fruit flavor	0.07670	0.07707	0.09244	0.00519	0.10792
Thorns presence	− 0.02267	0.08481	− 0.04393	0.15985	0.09606
Chlorophyll b	0.07228	0.07928	− 0.07577	0.02160	0.12088
DHCbE	− 0.05068	0.05222	− 0.14751	0.01722	0.07887
Cucurbitacin QI (CbQI)	− 0.03738	− 0.03189	− 0.13406	− 0.16161	− 0.01147
DHCbD	0.02997	0.03844	− 0.12153	0.00719	0.15736
ICbD	− 0.04531	− 0.03732	− 0.16878	− 0.00500	− 0.04508
DHCbB	0.05486	0.05835	− 0.05079	0.15351	0.05338
CbB	0.02221	0.02730	− 0.14062	0.02372	0.14749
Curcubitacin L (CbL)	0.00793	0.02068	− 0.01228	− 0.04253	− 0.19613
CbE	0.03684	0.03955	0.00237	0.06428	0.15947
Total carotenoids	− 0.02551	− 0.03265	0.16134	− 0.02069	− 0.10832
More efficient dose for HeLa	− 0.09732	− 0.10710	0.00724	− 0.00483	− 0.06686
Proliferation for P388	− 0.05457	− 0.04417	0.14698	− 0.00224	0.07366
Proliferation for L929	0.06711	0.02431	0.14143	− 0.06525	− 0.11086
More efficient dose for J-774	− 0.01927	− 0.01384	− 0.07914	0.20791	− 0.05360
More efficient dose for WEHI-3	− 0.01909	− 0.01434	− 0.07914	0.20788	− 0.05361
Proliferation for WEHI-3	0.08871	0.04309	− 0.07063	0.14569	− 0.04878
IC50 for L929	− 0.04620	− 0.05157	− 0.06058	− 0.09235	0.16805
IC50 for WEHI-3	− 0.01933	− 0.01430	− 0.07910	0.20785	− 0.05358

The values in bold are those that were statistically the most significant because of their principal component.