Table 3

Compounds identified by GC-MS demonstrating significant ANOVA effects from stand type (conspecific or heterospecific).

Metabolites higher in heterospecific stands


Compound

Fold change (Conspecific/Heterospecific)

ANOVA p-value (stand type)


Glycine

0.702

0.0023


Cytosine

0.370

0.0019


L-Alanine

0.483

<0.0001


L-Aspartic acid

0.562

0.001


L-Threonine

0.578

0.001


L-Proline

0.367

0.0035


Ethanol amine

0.812

<0.0001


Pyroglutamic acid

0.621

<0.0001


4-aminobutyric acid

0.599

0.0029


3-hydroxybenzoate

0.923

0.0077


Glycerol

0.856

0.0096


Catechol

0.818

0.0096


Ribose

0.763

0.0092


Fructose

0.716

0.0013


Fructose

0.733

0.0015


Maleic acid

0.575

0.0005


Succinic Acid

0.781

0.001


Fumaric Acid

0.651

<0.0001


Phosphoric acid (polar)

0.789

0.0064


Phosphoric acid (non-polar)

0.807

0.0094


Glycerophosphate

0.706

0.0032


Phytol

0.743

0.0053


Linoleic acid

0.794

0.0119


Hexacosanol

0.805

0.0057


Hexacosanoic acid

0.738

0.0035


Octacosanol

0.829

0.0064


Metabolites higher in conspecific stands


Compound

Fold change (Conspecific/Heterospecific)

ANOVA p-value


Quinic Acid

1.199

0.0012


Inositol-like

1.586

0.0025


Inositol-like

1.316

0.0001


Galactose

1.245

0.0009


Galactonic acid

1.218

0.0002


Chlorogenic acid

2.080

0.0111


Broz et al. BMC Plant Biology 2010 10:115   doi:10.1186/1471-2229-10-115

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