Table 4.

Nested Anova of the effects of species, tissue and species-tissue combination on the metabolites studied.

Metabolites	Species	Tissue	Species -Tissue
Betaine	ns	ns	F(1,8) = 124.09, p = 0.000
Choline	ns	ns	F(1,8) = 270.74, p = 0.000
L-alanine	ns	ns	F(1,8) = 23.83, p = 0.001
L-carnitine	ns	ns	F(1,8) = 154.40, p = 0.000
L-glutamic acid	F(1,1) = 6384.34, p = 0.008	F(1,1) = 531,344, p = 0.001	ns
L-phenylalanine	ns	ns	F(1,8) = 139.07, p = 0.000
L-proline	ns	ns	F(1,8) = 14.61, p = 0.005
Salicylic acid	ns	ns	F(1,8) = 380.88, p = 0.000
Succinic acid	ns	ns	F(1,8) = 4.75, p = 0.061

ns = p > 0.05.