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Table 2 Pearson correlation of the experimental results with indication of strong positive correlations in bold and strong negative correlations in italic (p<0.05)

From: Non-thermal plasma (NTP) treatment of Trigonella foenum-graecum L. seeds stimulates the sprout growth and the production of nutraceutical compounds

 

Variant

Plant length

Weight

Polyphenols

Flavonoid

Antioxidant activity

Chlorophyll a

Chlorophyll b

Carotenoids

Total protein

Variant

1

         

Plant length

-0.156

1

        

Weight

-0.201

0.760

1

       

Polyphenol

0.101

-0.596

-0.178

1

      

Flavonoids

-0.225

-0.682

-0.520

0.610

1

     

Antioxidant activity

0.048

-0.560

0.008

0.817

0.0570

1

    

Chlorophyll a

0.548

0.488

0.221

-0.439

-0.554

-0.563

1

   

Chlorophyll b

0.278

0.387

0.156

-0.222

-0.122

-0.370

0.829

1

  

Carotenoids

0.484

0.358

0.131

-0.348

-0.458

-0.513

0.932

0.822

1

 

Total protein

-0.079

0.356

0.571

0.115

-0.138

0.150

0.253

0.315

0.218

1

  1. Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed)