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. 2013 Dec 26;2013:602752. doi: 10.1155/2013/602752

Table 1.

Retention times, UV, and mass spectral data of phenolic acids, flavonols, and flavan-3-ols in Hypericum perforatum dark-grown (HR1) and photoperiod-exposed (HR2) hairy root culture extractsa.

Peak no. Compounds t R (min) UV (nm) [M–H]
(m/z)
–MS2  [M–H]
(m/z)
HR1 (mg·100 g−1 DW ± S.D.) HR2 (mg·100 g−1 DW ± S.D.)
Phenolic acids
F1 Quinic acid 3.9 262, 310 191 173, 127 166.77 ± 1.20 233.14 ± 19.31
F3 3-p-Coumaroylquinic acid 19.9 314 337 191, 163 n.d. 12.18 ± 0.92
F5 3-Feruloylquinic acid 25.3 314 367 193 n.d. 5.87 ± 0.26

Flavonols
F8 Quercetin 6-C-glucoside 33.9 256, 356 421 331, 301 2.99 ± 0.79 1.74 ± 0.11
F10 Isorhamnetin O-hexoside 38.1 254, 356 477 316, 315, 271 11.80 ± 0.94 1.74 ± 0.09
F11 Kaempferol hexoside 41.2 256, 266, 350 447 285 n.d. 1.99 ± 0.26
F12 Hyperoside (quercetin 3-O-galactoside) 43.8 264, 296 sh, 354 463 301 n.d. 2.77 ± 0.18
F13 Rutin (quercetin 3-O-rutinoside) 44.9 263, 298 sh, 356 609 301 14.72 ± 2.16 5.46 ± 0.43
F14 Quercetin acetylglycoside 48.1 254, 298, 358 505 463, 445, 301 n.d. 3.94 ± 0.10
F15 Kaempferol 59.5 256, 266, 350 285 / 3.92 ± 0.38 6.26 ± 0.37

Flavan-3-ols
F2 Catechin 19.5 280 289 245, 205 27.28 ± 3.20 2.62 ± 0.08
F6 (Epi)catechin 29.9 280 289 245, 205 184.85 ± 12.92 133.36 ± 15.19
F4 Proanthocyanidin dimer 24.5 280 577 559, 451, 425, 407, 289 146.95 ± 9.13 56.61 ± 2.65
F7 Proanthocyanidin dimer 33.4 280 577 559, 451, 425, 407, 289 41.43 ± 1.03 0.76 ± 0.08
F9 Proanthocyanidin dimer 36.8 280 577 559, 451, 425, 407, 289 29.24 ± 2.47 24.93 ± 0.15

an.d.: not detected; DW: dry weight; sh: shoulder; t R: retention time. MS2 ions in bold indicate the base peak. For information on peak numbers, see Figure 1.