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. 2020 Apr 16;9(4):514. doi: 10.3390/plants9040514

Table 2.

Concentration range, linearity (R2), Limits of Detection (LODs), Limits of Quantification (LOQs) and percentages of recoveries of the analysed 37 compounds by LC–MS/MS.

N Compounds Conc. Range (Linearity Range) (μg/mL) R2 LOD (μg/mL) LOQ (μg/mL) Inter-Day (n = 3)
RSD (%)
Intra-Day (n = 3)
RSD (%)
Recovery % (n = 3) U (%)
Inter-Day Intra-Day
1 Quinic acid 0.250–10 0.996 0.075 0.079 0.259 0.274 100.28 98.77 0.0082
2 Malic acid 0.250–10 0.999 0.055 0.067 0.477 0.527 101.26 99.83 0.0113
3 Fumaric acid 0.10–5 0.997 0.028 0.034 0.536 0.460 99.74 99.86 0.0124
4 Gallic acid 0.250–10 0.998 0.095 0.106 1.601 01.443 100.00 100.45 0.0282
5 Protocatechic acid 0.100–5 0.995 0.028 0.031 1.236 1.296 99.40 101.07 0.0411
6 Pyrocatechol 1–20 0.996 0.261 0.278 1.313 1.339 99.98 99.93 0.0235
7 Chlorogenic acid 0.025–1 0.998 0.006 0.008 0.058 0.076 100.80 99.96 0.0069
8 4-OH-Benzoic acid 0.250–10 0.998 0.033 0.038 1.284 1.538 99.66 100.05 0.0289
9 Vanillic acid 0.1–20 0.999 0.122 0.139 0.528 0.619 100.09 104.09 0.0508
10 Caffeic acid 0.025–1 0.998 0.018 0.022 1.454 1.469 100.91 98.82 0.0354
11 Syringic acid 0.1–20 0.996 0.021 0.233 1.049 1.345 99.92 99.97 0.0238
12 Vanillin 0.250–10 0.998 0.044 0.053 0.696 0.793 99.67 99.61 0.0280
13 Salicylic acid 0.025–1 0.989 0.005 0.006 1.016 1.242 100.98 99.01 0.0329
14 p-Coumaric acid 0.025–1 0.992 0.007 0.009 1.820 1.727 100.61 101.22 0.0516
15 Rutin 0.025–1 0.997 0.005 0.006 0.473 0.624 100.99 98.01 0.0159
16 Ferulic acid 0.250–10 0.997 0.036 0.042 0.708 0.619 99.98 100.28 0.0494
17 Sinapic acid 0.250–10 0.992 0.078 0.086 1.446 1.517 100.16 99.96 0.0281
18 Hesperidin 0.025–1 0.998 0.003 0.004 0.945 1.126 101.73 101.26 0.0262
19 Isoquercitrin 0.025–1 0.999 0.005 0.006 0.682 0.515 100.59 100.72 0.0133
20 Rosmarinic acid 0.100–5 0.994 0.006 0.008 2.014 1.751 99.20 103.43 0.0713
21 Nicotiflorin 0.100–5 0.991 0.022 0.025 0.737 0.875 102.55 100.97 0.0276
22 α-Coumaric acid 0.025–1 0.999 0.024 0.031 2.730 2.566 98.34 99.06 0.0513
23 Rhoifolin 0.100–5 0.999 0.023 0.027 0.747 1.528 101.04 101.73 0.0941
24 Quercitrin 0.100–5 0.999 0.022 0.025 1.528 2.320 99.72 100.62 2.0079
25 Apigetrin 0.025–1 0.993 0.005 0.006 1.797 1.607 101.39 100.41 0.0597
26 Coumarin 1–20 0.994 0.208 0.228 1.306 1.239 99.94 100.08 0.0237
27 Myricetin 0.250–10 0.999 0.053 0.057 0.652 0.711 99.98 100.04 0.0126
28 Fisetin 0.250–10 0.991 0.054 0.051 0.557 0.820 99.87 100.03 0.0148
29 Cinnamic acid 5–20 0.996 0.821 0.859 0.648 0.816 100.05 99.92 0.0143
30 Liquiritigenin 0.025–1 0.996 0.005 0.006 1.849 1.738 100.33 99.95 0.0341
31 Quercetin 0.100–5 0.990 0.023 0.028 1.589 1.360 98.47 100.10 0.0543
32 Luteolin 0.025–1 0.997 0.005 0.006 0.575 0.696 100.77 99.52 0.0174
33 Naringenin 0.025–1 0.995 0.005 0.006 2.054 2.019 99.88 101.00 0.0521
34 Apigenin 0.025–1 0.990 0.005 0.006 2.304 2.204 101.44 101.33 0.0650
35 Hesperetin 0.025–1 0.997 0.005 0.006 3.209 2.605 98.85 99.43 0.0562
36 Kaempferol 1–20 0.992 0.206 0.214 1.436 1.070 99.97 99.85 0.0209
37 Chrysin 0.02–1 0.993 0.005 0.006 0.490 0.630 100.33 100.43 2.0083

RSD %: relative standard deviation. U (%): uncertainty Percent at 95% confidence level (k = 2).