Research Article

Simultaneous Quantification of 14 Compounds in Achillea millefolium by GC-MS Analysis and Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Combined with Multivariate Techniques

Table 6

PCA of the 14 compounds and total explained variance.

FactorInitial eigenvaluesExtraction sum of the loadings
Total% of explained varianceCumulative % of explained varianceTotal% of explained varianceCumulative % of explained variance

16.5446.7246.726.5446.7246.72
22.3516.7663.482.3516.7663.48
32.114.9678.442.114.9678.44
40.856.0684.5000
50.725.1789.67000
60.53.5693.23000
70.352.5195.75000
80.271.9297.66000
90.10.7298.38000
100.080.5998.97000
110.070.4799.43000
120.050.3399.76000
130.020.1899.94000
140.010.06100.00000