Research Article

Evaluation of Antioxidant Compounds, Antioxidant Activities, and Mineral Composition of 13 Collected Purslane (Portulaca oleracea L.) Accessions

Table 6

Pearson’s correlation coefficient among different mineral nutrients of purslane.

FactorsNPKNaCaMgZnFeMn

N1
P−0.11 ns1
K0.05 ns0.25 ns1
Na−0.25 ns0.02 ns0.42 ns1
Ca−0.17 ns−0.06 ns−0.12 ns0.08 ns1
Mg0.04 ns−0.43 ns−0.20−0.65*0.36 ns1
Zn0.37 ns0.20 ns0.01 ns0.07 ns−0.36 ns−0.43 ns1
Fe0.04 ns0.49 ns0.03 ns0.05 ns0.14 ns−0.31 ns0.57*1
Mn0.39 ns0.56*0.24 ns0.01 ns−0.12 ns−0.38 ns0.49 ns0.58*1

Here N, P, K, Na, Ca, Mg, Zn, Fe, and Mn indicate nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, sodium, calcium, magnesium, zinc, iron, and manganese, respectively. ; ns: not significant; −: negative correlation at 0.05% level.