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Table 2 Principal component analysis of mineral elements in D. officinale

From: Element-tracing of mineral matters in Dendrobium officinale using ICP-MS and multivariate analysis

Item

Principal component analysis

1

2

3

Zscore (Ti)

0.630

0.200

0.702

Zscore (V)

0.624

0.464

0.378

Zscore (Cr)

−0.506

0.380

0.740

Zscore (Mn)

0.404

−0.751

0.380

Zscore (Fe)

0.699

0.546

−0.245

Zscore (Ni)

0.980

−0.090

−0.088

Zscore (Zn)

0.982

−0.031

−0.054

Zscore (Ba)

0.549

−0.779

0.031

Zscore (REE)

0.494

0.495

−0.330

λ

4.165

2.122

1.507

Proportion (%)

46.281

23.582

16.741

Cumulative proportion (%)

46.281

69.863

86.604