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. 2015 Feb 13;20(2):3107–3128. doi: 10.3390/molecules20023107

Table 2.

Discriminated metabolites of urine identified using UPLC-Q-TOF-MS.

RT (min) Measured MS (m/z) Tentative Metabolites Molecular Formula Error (mDa) Adduct Fold Change (1)
Positive Negative HFD/ND HFDC/HFD HFDC/ND
3.01 180.0844 - Hydroxyadipic acid C6H10O5 −2.8 [M+NH4]+ 1.682 * 0.875 1.472
3.47 395.0942 393.0828 Dihydroferulic acid 4-O-glucuronide C16H20O10 −3.0 [M+H]+ 0.018 * 9.641 0.176 *
3.69 338.0864 336.0749 3-Indole carboxylic acid glucuronide C15H15NO8 −5.3 [M+H]+ 0.071 * 3.864 0.273
3.93 340.0992 338.0895 5-hydroxy-6-methoxyindole glucuronide C15H17NO8 −4.0 [M+H]+ 0.024 * 0.066 0.002 *
4.38 164.0714 162.0549 3-Methyldioxyindole C9H9NO2 0.2 [M+H]+ 0.003 * 6.066 0.016
Caffeine metabolites (2)
1.50 171.0899 - 5-Acetylamino-6-amino-3-methyluracil (AAMU) C7H10N4O3 1.7 [M+H−CO]+
2.57 167.0570 - 7-Methylxanthine C6H6N4O2 0.1 [M+H]+
2.61 183.0529 - 1-Methyluric acid C6H6N4O3 1.1 [M+H]+
2.71 167.0569 - 3-Methylxanthine C6H6N4O2 0.0 [M+H]+
2.77 197.0675 - 3,7-Dimethyluric acid C7H8N4O3 0.0 [M+H]+
2.79 167.0567 - 1-Mehtylxanthine C6H6N4O2 −0.2 [M+H]+
2.97 197.0679 - 1,3-Dimethyluric acid C7H8N4O3 0.4 [M+H]+
3.03 181.0731 - Theobromine C7H8N4O2 0.5 [M+H]+
3.20 197.0659 - 1,7-Dimethyluric acid C7H8N4O3 −1.6 [M+H]+
3.30 181.0733 - Paraxanthine C7H8N4O2 0.7 [M+H]+
3.40 211.0835 - 1,3,7-Trimethyluric acid C8H10N4O3 0.4 [M+H]+
3.69 195.0888 - Caffeine C8H10N4O2 0.6 [M+H]+
Not-identified
0.87 109.0762 - N.I. - - - 2.111 0.291 * 0.614
1.41 126.0916 - N.I. - - - 1.825 * 1.955 * 3.568 *
1.88 127.0480 - N.I. (2) - - -
2.90 185.1050 - N.I. (2) - - -
3.09 185.1057 - N.I. (2) - - -
3.68 447.2227 - N.I. - - - 5.643 * 0.738 4.163 *
3.69 393.1527 - N.I. - - - 1.972 * 1.127 2.222 *
4.80 170.0599 - N.I. - - - 0.245 * 1.27 0.312 *
5.82 231.1425 - N.I. - - - 3.263 * 0.771 2.514 *
6.15 354.1368 - N.I. - - - 0.439 * 1.097 0.481 *
9.47 415.3032 - N.I. - - - 1.286 0.689 * 0.887

(1) Fold change was calculated by dividing the mean of the peak intensity of each metabolite from each of the two groups; (2) Detected only in the high fat diet with caffeine (HFDC) group; RT, Retention time; N.I., Not identified; ND, normal diet; HFD: high fat diet; HFDC, high fat diet with caffeine; * p value < 0.05, - not detected.