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List of nonfluorescent chlorophyll catabolites (Mc-NCCs) observed in extracts of peels of ripening bananas (Musa acuminata). The common general formula B is depicted above with specification of observed covalent modifications at positions R¹, R², R³, and R⁴.

Compound	R1	R2	R3	R4
Mc-NCC-26	CH(OH)-CH2OH	OH	OH	H
Mc-NCC-42[a]	CH(OH)-CH2OH	OH	OH	CH3
Mc-NCC-49	CH=CH2	OH	OH	H
Mc-NCC-59	CH=CH2	O-Glc[b]	OH	CH3
Mc-NCC-61	CH=CH2	OH	OH	CH3
Mc-NCC-55	CH=CH2	OH	daucic acid[c]	CH3
Mc-NCC-58	CH=CH2	OH	daucic acid[c]	CH3

[a] Identified with So-NCC-2 from senescent spinach leaves^[1]; [b] Glc=β-glucopyranosyl; [c] Daucic acid bound at 5′-OH or at 4′-OH.