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. 2012 Mar 21;63(10):3603–3616. doi: 10.1093/jxb/ers028

Table 1.

Metabolites identified in Arabidopsis thaliana phloem exudate

Amino acids Sugar/-alcohols phosphates Fatty acids/-esters Organic acids Others
Alanine Ribose Nonanoic acid* Propanoic acid (1) Uridine
Valine Fructose Dodecanoic acid* Ethyl-phosphoryc acid Bis-ethyl-ethane amine
Leucine Glucose Octadecanoic acid butyl ester Butanoic acid Phytosterol-like cpd (13)
Glycine Galactitol Tetradecanoic acid* Malic acid (4) Urea
Isoleucine Galactonic acid Pentadecanoic acid 2-Methoxy-pentanedioic acid Cinnamic acid
Serine Myo-inositol (9) Octadecanedioic acid Acetic acid Dehydroabietic acid (12)
Threonine 5 Hexoses (7) Palmitelaidic acid Maleic acid (3) Cyclopentanapth azepinone
Aspartic acid 2-O-Glycerol-galactopyranoside Palmitic acid (8) Succinic acid Phosphate
Glutamine Myo-inositol-P Octadecanoic acid methyl ester Propanedicarboxylic acid (6)
Proline (5) Sucrose 11-trans octadecanoic acid
Phenylalanine Melibiose (14) Octadecanoic acid (11)
Asparagine Eicosanoic acid
Tyrosine 9,12,2-OH Octadecanoic acid methyl ester
Docosanoic acid methyl ester*
Oleic acid (10)

Lipids marked with an asterisk are related to those found by Madey et al. (2002). Numbers correspond to peak # in Supplementary Figure S3 at JXB online.