Table 2.
Abbreviations for glucosinolates (GLS) and their derived hydrolysis products: isothiocyanates (ITC) and derivates, nitriles (CN, cyanide), and epithionitriles.
Glucosinolates (GLS) |
Corresponding breakdown products |
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Isothiocyanate (ITC) |
Nitrile |
Epithionitrile |
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Abbreviation | Name | Abbreviation | Name | Abbreviation | Name | Abbreviation | Name | |
aliphatic | 2Prop | 2-propenyl (or allyl) GLS | 2Prop-ITC | 2-propenyl (or allyl) ITC | 2Prop-CN | 3-butenenitrile | CETP | 1-cyano-2,3-epithiopropane(or 3,4-epithiobutanenitrile) |
3But | 3-butenyl GLS | 3But-ITC | 3-butenyl ITC | 3But-CN | 4-pentenenitrile | CETB | 1-cyano-3,4-epithiobutane(or 4,5-epithiopentanenitrile) | |
(R)2OH3But | 2-(R)-2-hydroxy-3-butenyl GLS | OZT | 5-vinyl-1,3-oxazolidine-2-thione | 2OH3But-CN | 3-hydroxypentene-nitrile | CHETB | 1-cyano-2-hydroxy-3,4-epithiobutane (or 3-hydroxy-4,5-epithiopentanenitrile | |
3MTP | 3-(methylthio)propyl GLS | 3MTP-ITC | 3-(methylthio)-propyl ITC | 3-MTP-CN | 4-(methylthio)-butanenitrile | – | – | |
3MSOP | 3-(methylsulfinyl)propyl GLS | 3MSOP-ITC | 3-(methylsulfinyl)-propyl ITC | 3MSOP-CN | 4-(methylsulfinyl)-butanenitrile | |||
4MTB | 4-(methylthio)butyl GLS | 4MTB-ITC | 4-(methylthio)-butyl ITC | 4MTB-CN | 5-(methylthio)-pentanenitrile | – | – | |
4MSOB | 4-(methylsulfinyl)butyl GLS | 4MSOB-ITC | 4-(methylsulfinyl)-butyl ITC | 4MSOB-CN | 5-(methylsulfinyl)-pentanenitrile | – | – | |
indolic | 1MOI3M | 1-methoxyindol-3-ylmethyl GLS | 1MOI3C | 1-methoxyindol-3-carbinol | 1MOIAN | 1-methoxyindol-3-acetonitrile | – | – |
4MOI3M | 4-methoxyindol-3-ylmethyl GLS | n.d. | n.d. | 4MOIAN | 4-methoxyindol-3-acetonitrile | – | – | |
4OHI3M | 4-hydroxyindol-3-ylmethyl GLS | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | n.d. | – | – | |
I3M | indol-3-ylmethyl GLS | n.d. | n.d. | IAN | 3-indoleacetonitrile | – | – | |
aromatic | 2PE | 2-phenylethyl GLS | 2PE-ITC | 2-phenylethyl ITC | 2PE-CN | 3-phenylpropane-nitrile | – | – |
To facilitate understanding from which GLS the hydrolysis products are derived, nitriles were abbreviated using the cyanide (CN) name.