Figure 6

2D loading plot of PLS-DA analysis: PC1 vs PC2. In this representation, each point corresponds to a bin of the NMR spectrum in a given chemical shift interval. The ellipse is a guide for eyes to separate clustered and scattered points. The points scattered outside the ellipse are associated to those parts (bins) of the NMR spectrum mostly responsible for the discrimination of SC types observed in the score plot and previously discussed (see Fig. 3 and text). The numbers aside the points correspond to the chemical shift of the bin.