## 3 Results and Discussion
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\begin{tabular}{c c c c c c} \hline \hline \multirow{2}{*}{**Climatic Parameter**} & \multirow{2}{*}{\begin{tabular}{c} **Average** \\ **Temperature** (\({}^{\circ}\)**C) \\ \end{tabular} } & \multirow{2}{*}{\begin{tabular}{c} **Relative** \\ **Humidity (\%)** \\ \end{tabular} } & \multirow{2}{*}{\
\begin{tabular}{c} **Average** \\ **Wind Strength** \\ \end{tabular} } & \multirow{2}{*}{
\begin{tabular}{c} **Relative Cloud** \\ **Cover (1/10)** \\ \end{tabular} } \\ \hline \multicolumn{6}{c}{Essential oils} \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{\(\alpha\)-Pinene} & r = \(-\)**0.641** & r = 0.097 & r = 0.508 & r = 0.255 \\  & \(p\)**= 0.025** & \(p\) = 0.765 & \(p\) = 0.092 & \(p\) = 0.425 \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{Limonene} & r = **0.694** & r = \(-\)0.318 & r = \(-\)0.299 & r = \(-\)0.242 \\  & \(p\)**= 0.012** & \(p\) = 0.314 & \(p\) = 0.346 & \(p\) = 0.448 \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{Terpinen-4-ol} & r = **0.647** & r = \(-\)0.300 & r = \(-\)0.150 & r = \(-\)0.390 \\  & \(p\)**= 0.023** & \(p\) = 0.344 & \(p\) = 0.642 & \(p\) = 0.210 \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{\(\alpha\)-Terpineol} & r = \(-\)0.277 & r = **0.623** & r = \(-\)0.135 & r = 0.191 \\  & \(p\) = 0.384 & \(p\) = **0.030** & \(p\) = 0.677 & \(p\) = 0.553 \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{Germanene B} & r = \(-\)**0.770** & r = 0.060 & r = **0.593** & r = 0.097 \\  & \(p\)**= 0.004** & \(p\) = 0.854 & \(p\) = **0.042** & \(p\) = 0.765 \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{Hexadecane} & r = \(-\)**0.602** & r = 0.240 & r = 0.195 & r = 0.199 \\  & \(p\)**= 0.038** & \(p\) = 0.453 & \(p\) = 0.543 & \(p\) = 0.536 \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{Octadecane} & r = \(-\)**0.627** & r = 0.312 & r = 0.179 & r = 0.240 \\  & \(p\)**= 0.029** & \(p\) = 0.323 & \(p\) = 0.578 & \(p\) = 0.453 \\ \hline \multicolumn{6}{c}{Phenolics} \\ \hline Chlorogenic acid & r = **0.794** & r = \(-\)0.497 & r = \(-\)0.523 & r = \(-\)0.330 \\  & \(p\)**= 0.002** & \(p\) = 0.101 & \(p\) = 0.081 & \(p\) = 0.296 \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{Criptochlorogenic} & r = **0.887** & r = **0.623** & r = \(-\)0.388 & r = **-0.617** \\  & \(p\)**= 0.0001** & \(p\)**= 0.030** & \(p\) = 0.212 & \(p\)**= 0.032** \\ \hline \multicolumn{6}{c}{Carotenoids} \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{Lutein} & r = 0.249 & r = **0.588** & r = \(-\)0.306 & r = 0.375 \\  & \(p\)**= 0.436** & \(p\)**= 0.044** & \(p\) = 0.333 & \(p\) = 0.229 \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular}  
* r = [PERSON]’s correlation coefficient. Correlation was considered significant at level of \(p\leq 0.05\) (in bold) and presented only if at least one tested parameter was significantly correlated (entire data can be accessed in Table S2). Data for EO were calculated only for compounds in the amount greater than 1%.  
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Table 2: The correlation between climatic parameters and major bioactive compounds from wildgrown sea fennel leaves. variations due to location and climatic factors. [PERSON] et al. [24] also found differences in the chemical composition of the EO of sea fennel when they compared the samples from central and southern Italy. Limonene and \(\gamma\)-terpinene dominated in the sample from central Italy, while thymol methyl ether and \(\gamma\)-terpinene dominated in the sample from Sicily, suggesting that geographical origin and climatic differences could influence the differences in chemotype. Germacrene B was the only sesquiterpene identified and was detected only in trace amounts or not at all in the period from May to October (Table 1), which was confirmed by negative correlations with average temperature levels (Table 2). Similarly, the only positive correlation with the average wind strength was found for germacrene B level (r = 0.593, \(p\) = 0.042). In addition to GC-MS EO analysis, HPLC-UV/Vis analysis of phenolic acids present in the sea fennel leaf samples collected from the same area at various phenophases in a period of 12 months were performed (Table 3).