Uptake of Seeds Secondary Metabolites by Virola surinamensis Seedlings

Table 2

Relative contents of secondary metabolites and fatty acids in V. surinamensis seeds.

	Seeds before germination			Seeds after germination			Statistical analysis
	S	SEM	CI	S	SEM	CI	𝑃
1	2.01	0.461	0.729–3.291	0.64	0.319	0.0–1.528	0.041 (s)
2	14.25	1.800	9.179–19.321	13.37	1.766	8.974–18.766	0.884 (ns)
3	3.92	0.449	2.672–5.168	3.53	0.299	2.696–4.360	0.488 (ns)
4a	10.02	0.937	7.417–12.623	9.96	1.161	6.735–13.181	0.958 (ns)
4b	4.05	0.821	1.772–6.328	3.50	0.626	1.757–5.235	0.606 (ns)
5a	2.93	0.439	1.708–4.148	4.40	0.853	2.036–6.772	0.162 (ns)
5b	9.69	1.336	5.983–13.401	11.30	1.454	7.260–15.336	0.439 (ns)
6	3.58	0.562	2.015–5.141	2.28	0.2448	1.601–2.960	0.067 (ns)
7	2.28	0.292	1.471–3.197	2.06	0.264	1.333–2.799	0.595 (ns)
8a	3.71	0.361	2.707–4.709	4.08	0.219	3.472–4.962	0.402 (ns)
8b	1.98	0.157	1.552–2.424	2.00	0.365	0.995-0.021	0.961 (ns)
L	15.95	0.331	14.820–17.340	16.08	0.453	14.820–17.340	0.821 (ns)
M	71.04	1.230	67.630–74.450	69.78	0.491	68.420–71.130	0.356 (ns)
P	6.04	0.480	4.690–7.380	6.00	0.090	5.740–0.260	0.945 (ns)
S	7.92	0.040	7.820–8.020	7.92	0.248	7.230–0.610	0.438 (ns)

S: mean; SEM: standard error mean; CI: confidence interval (95%); 𝑃<0.05; s: statistically significant; ns: not statistically significant; L: lauric acid; M: myristic acid; P: palmitic acid; S: stearic acid.