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Table 2 CABFAC factor analysis of edible food plants and milk on the basis of organic acid contents for 0 h, 24 h, and 72 h under E. coli treatments. Values in italics represent significant factor

From: Microbial production of dicarboxylic acids from edible plants and milk using GC-MS

No.

Food source

Treatment (h)

Factor 1

Factor 2

Factor 3

1

Triticum aestivum

0

0.140

− 0.930

0.300

2

24

0.993

− 0.112

0.020

3

72

0.995

− 0.097

0.010

4

Zea mays

0

0.035

− 0.999

0.011

5

24

0.924

− 0.369

0.098

6

72

0.993

− 0.115

0.015

7

Vigna mungo

0

− 0.031

− 0.996

− 0.074

8

24

0.997

− 0.071

0.029

9

72

0.991

− 0.115

0.020

10

Lens culinaris

0

0.397

− 0.916

− 0.033

11

24

0.994

− 0.107

0.011

12

72

0.994

− 0.101

0.026

13

Pisum sativum

0

− 0.045

− 0.996

− 0.052

14

24

0.503

− 0.817

0.245

15

72

0.976

− 0.207

0.071

16

Phaseolus vulgaris

0

0.178

− 0.980

0.089

17

24

0.108

− 0.992

− 0.064

18

72

0.995

− 0.101

0.012

19

Cicer arietinum var. black gram

0

0.962

− 0.270

− 0.024

20

24

0.993

− 0.118

− 0.005

21

72

0.997

− 0.083

− 0.001

22

Cicer arietinum var. white gram

0

0.857

− 0.513

− 0.041

23

24

0.991

− 0.132

0.018

24

72

0.989

− 0.146

0.022

25

Solanum tuberosum

0

0.357

− 0.902

0.236

26

24

0.927

− 0.364

0.091

27

72

0.318

− 0.903

0.277

28

Solanum lycopersicum

0

0.503

− 0.863

− 0.026

29

24

0.761

− 0.645

− 0.050

30

72

0.732

− 0.677

0.072

31

Brassica oleracea. var. botrytis

0

0.052

− 0.906

0.416

32

24

0.964

− 0.260

0.060

33

72

0.861

− 0.491

0.129

34

Malus pumila

0

0.220

− 0.925

0.297

35

24

0.995

− 0.076

0.066

36

72

0.993

− 0.078

0.083

37

Musa paradisiaca

0

0.406

− 0.886

0.221

38

24

0.893

− 0.448

− 0.036

39

72

0.996

− 0.086

0.010

40

Vitis vinifera

0

0.088

− 0.671

0.736

41

24

0.995

− 0.094

0.012

42

72

0.990

− 0.127

0.057

43

Carica papaya

0

− 0.046

− 0.995

−  0.069

44

24

0.990

− 0.143

− 0.001

45

72

0.942

− 0.335

− 0.005

46

Milk

0

0.055

− 0.276

0.960

47

24

0.882

− 0.148

0.448

48

72

0.045

− 0.121

0.990

Variance of first three factors using CABFAC factor analysis

Principal component

Eigenvalue

% variance

I

33.36

69.50

II

11.78

24.54

III

2.79

5.83

Total

47.93

99.87