Table 1 Direction, adjusted R square and p-values of the interaction effect between sugars (fructose, arabinose and galactose; dependent variables) and sugar alcohols (ribitol, arabitol, erythritol, mannitol and xylitol; independent variables).

From: Metabolic response induced by parasitic plant-fungus interactions hinder amino sugar and nucleotide sugar metabolism in the host

Species

Metabolite

Fructose

Arabinose

Galactose

Effect direction

Adjusted R square

p-value

Effect direction

Adjusted R square

p-value

Effect direction

Adjusted R square

p-value

CP

Ribitol

+

0.534

0.346

+

0.853

0.184

−

0.584

0.854

Arabitol

−

0.924

<0.001

−

0.983

<0.001

−

0.787

0.102

Erythritol

−

0.497

0.421

+

0.837

0.436

−

0.594

0.872

Mannitol

−

0.888

<0.001

−

0.953

<0.001

−

0.775

0.070

Xylitol

−

0.914

<0.001

−

0.982

<0.001

−

0.760

0.020

PS

Ribitol

+

0.577

0.497

−

0.743

0.277

−

0.797

0.868

Arabitol

+

0.625

0.039

−

0.567

0.014

−

0.769

0.528

Erythritol

+

0.520

0.695

+

0.789

0.868

−

0.892

0.637

Mannitol

−

0.532

0.952

+

0.548

0.743

−

0.769

0.781

Xylitol

+

0.640

0.032

−

0.888

0.150

−

0.852

0.237

CS

Ribitol

+

0.909

0.980

−

0.816

0.158

+

0.563

0.144

Arabitol

−

0.967

0.028

−

0.925

0.028

−

0.841

0.120

Erythritol

−

0.953

0.067

−

0.893

0.002

−

0.771

0.241

Mannitol

−

0.969

0.012

−

0.866

0.018

−

0.787

0.348

Xylitol

−

0.981

0.180

−

0.946

0.041

−

0.811

0.003

  1. Adjusted R square indicates a degree of interaction between them, and the p-value indicates the reliability of the effect.
  2. CP: Crataegus pinnatifida.
  3. CS: Chaenomeles sinensis.
  4. PS: Pyrus pyrifolia.