Original Article

Seasonality Role on the Phenolics from Cultivated Baccharis dracunculifolia

Table 2

Effect of seasonality on caffeic acid content (%) of leaves of B. dracunculifolia along 1 year.

Month/São Paulo stateMinas Gerais stateParaná state
regionsFranca 1CajurúFranca 2Ribeirão PretoCampinasParaguaçuAlfenasOuro FinoColombo 1Colombo 2

May/04(A) (a) (a)3.57 ± 0.25(a) (a)3.15 ± 0.08(a)3.45 ± 0.18(a)3.70 ± 0.23(a)3.45 ± 0.14(a)4.09 ± 0.41(a)3.51 ± 0.37(a)
June/04(A) (a) (a)3.96 ± 0.24(a) (a)4.29 ± 0.11(a)4.68 ± 0.49(b)3.99 ± 0.11(a)4.07 ± 0.38(b)3.99 ± 0.11(a)4.14 ± 0.10(b)
July/04(A) (b) (a)4.42 ± 0.30(a)3.58 ± 0.77(a)4.01 ± 0.42(a)4.41 ± 0.15(a)4.66 ± 0.80(b)3.53 ± 0.59(a)4.90 ± 0.16(b)4.67 ± 0.15(b)
August/04(A) (a) (a)4.10 ± 0.11(a)4.09 ± 0.14(a)4.24 ± 0.40(a)3.74 ± 0.35(a)4.24 ± 0.49(a)3.54 ± 0.36(a)4.57 ± 0.87(a)3.34 ± 0.78(a)
Sept/04(A) (a)3.12 ± 0.20(a)3.25 ± 0.68(a)3.03 ± 0.48(a)3.99 ± 0.15(a)3.58 ± 0.45(a)2.94 ± 0.16(a)2.71 ± 0.45(a)3.81 ± 0.91(a)2.53 ± 0.81(a)
Oct/04(B) (a)4.35 ± 0.10(b)5.57 ± 0.83(b)4.82 ± 0.88(b)6.00 ± 0.62(b)5.68 ± 1.11(b)4.11 ± 0.31(a)4.55 ± 0.81(b)6.50 ± 1.97(b)3.71 ± 1.70(a)
Nov/04(A) (a)4.05 ± 0.09(a)4.49 ± 0.47(b)3.58 ± 0.36(a)4.24 ± 0.46(a)4.41 ± 0.28(a)4.02 ± 0.21(a)4.32 ± 0.20(b)5.14 ± 1.28(b)3.33 ± 1.15(a)
Dec/04(A) (a)3.47 ± 0.28(a)3.44 ± 0.13(a)3.41 ± 0.23(a)3.6 ± 0.55(a)4.02 ± 0.04(a)3.96 ± 0.20(a)3.73 ± 0.16(a)3.70 ± 0.25(a)3.34 ± 0.23(b)
Jan/05(B) (b)4.70 ± 0.46(b)5.24 ± 0.72(b)4.85 ± 0.51(b)5.87 ± 0.28(b)4.31 ± 0.61(a)5.17 ± 0.17(b)5.00 ± 0.46(b)4.76 ± 0.52(b)4.02 ± 0.47(b)
Feb/05(A) (b)3.76 ± 0.63(a)3.32 ± 0.75(a)4.60 ± 0.60(b)5.66 ± 0.65(b)4.57 ± 1.00(a)5.30 ± 0.59(b)4.47 ± 1.50(b)3.42 ± 1.00(a)4.06 ± 0.90(b)
March/05(B) (b)5.06 ± 0.37(b)5.58 ± 0.51(b)5.09 ± 0.37(b)5.81 ± 0.29(b)4.87 ± 0.53(b)5.62 ± 0.42(b)5.03 ± 0.40(b)3.97 ± 0.77(a)5.06 ± 0.70(b)
April/05(B) (a)4.34 ± 0.08(b)4.36 ± 0.17(b)5.03 ± 0.54(b)5.27 ± 0.39(b)4.07 ± 0.23(a)4.39 ± 0.13(b)4.20 ± 0.22(b)3.67 ± 0.10(a)3.78 ± 0.11(b)

Capital and small letters denote significant differences at . (A) and (B) refer to the mean values among population for each month; (a) and (b) correspond to the significant differences for each population in time frame studied.