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. 2015 Jun 25;36(18):2269–2285. doi: 10.1002/elps.201500011

Table 4.

Compounds identified in BM by GC‐MS, (data adapted from Villaseñor et al. 12)

No. Metabolite class Metabolite Target ion (Da) Retention time
1 Organic acid Pyruvic acid 174 6.76
2 Organic acid Lactic acid (standard confirmed) 147 6.92
3 Organic acid Glycolic acid 147 7.13
4 Amino acid Valine 1 72 7.43
5 Amino acid Alanine 1 116 7.53
6 Organic acid 2‐Hydroxybutyric acid 147 7.87
7 Aromatic homomonocyclic compounds 2‐Furoic acid 125 7.99
8 Amino acid Isoleucine 1 86 8.57
9 Amino acid Valine 2 144 9.14
10 Aliphatic acyclic compounds Urea (standard confirmed) 147 9.54
11 Aromatic homomonocyclic compounds Benzoic acid 179 9.62
12 Fatty acids Caprylic acid 201 9.81
13 Sugar alcohols Glycerol (standard confirmed) 147 9.92
14 Nonmetal oxoanionic Compounds Phosphoric acid 299 10
15 Amino acid Proline 2 (standard confirmed) 142 10.28
16 Amino acid Glycine 174 10.39
17 Carboxylic acids Succinic acid 147 10.48
18 Sugar acids Glyceric acid 189 10.74
19 Amino acid Serine 2 (standard confirmed) 204 11.14
20 Amino acid Threonine 2 218 11.48
21 Fatty acids Capric acid 229 12.39
22 Organic acids Malic acid 233 12.8
23 Organic acids Adipic acid 111 13
24 Sugar alcohols Threitol 217 13.06
25 Pyrrolidines Pyroglutamic acid 156 13.21
26 Amino acid Glutamic acid 1 174 13.33
27 Lactams Creatinine 115 13.62
28 Amino acid Glutamic acid 2 (Standard confirmed) 246 14.37
29 Fatty acids Lauric acid 257 14.75
30 Sugar acids Lyxose 1/Lyxosylamine 1 103 14.89
31 Sugar acids/monosaccharides Lyxose 2/Lyxosylamine 2/Ribose 103 15.06
32 Sugar alcohols Xylitol 217 15.47
33 Monosaccharides Fucose 1 117 15.59
34 Monosaccharides Fucose 2 117 15.73
35 Carboxylic acids Citric acid (standard confirmed) 273 16.57
36 Amino acids and derivatives Hippuric acid 2 105 16.88
37 Fatty acids Myristic acid 117 16.91
38 Monosaccharides Tagatose 1/Sorbose 2/Sorbose 1/Fructose 1 103 17.12
39 Monosaccharides Tagatose 2/Fructose 2/Fructose 1 103 17.24
40 Monosaccharides Galactose 1/Mannose 1/Allose 1/Gluconic acid lactone 1 205 17.28
41 Monosaccharides Glucose 1/Talose 1 (standard confirmed) 319 17.4
42 Monosaccharides Altrose 2/Mannose 2/Glucose 2/Allose 2/Talose 2 319 17.54
43 Fatty alcohols Mannitol/sorbitol 319 17.87
44 Fatty alcohols 1‐Hexadecanol 299 17.95
45 Fatty acids Palmitoleic acid 311 18.68
46 Fatty acids Palmitic acid 117 18.88
47 Monosaccharides N‐acetyl‐D‐mannosamine 1/N‐acetyl‐D‐mannosamine 2 319 19.19
48 Cyclic alcohols Myo‐inositol (standard confirmed) 318 19.32
49 Fatty acid esters Methyl stearate (internal standard) 74 19.66
50 Fatty acids Heptadecanoic acid 327 19.81
51 Fatty acids Linoleic acid 75 20.42
52 Fatty acids Oleic acid 339 20.48
53 Fatty acids Stearic acid (standard confirmed) 341 20.69
54 Fatty acids Arachidic acid 369 22.37
55 Disaccharides Sucrose 361 24.1
56 Disaccharides Lactose 1 361 24.46
57 Disaccharides Trehalose/maltose 1/maltose 2 361 24.91
58 Disaccharides Galactinol 1 204 26.3
59 Steroids and steroid derivatives Cholesterol 129 27.64

Numbers after identification correspond to the number of trimethylsilyl groups found on the molecule after derivatization.