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. 2020 Jun 5;9(6):495. doi: 10.3390/antiox9060495

Table 1.

The phenolic compounds content in the leaves of bilberry and lingonberry using HPLC-DAD-ESI-MS and expressed as mg/g.

Phenolic Compounds Retention Time
Rt (min)
UV
λmax
(nm)
[M+H]+
(m/z)
VMT VMS VMB VVIT VVIS VVIB
Flavanols Gallocatechin 2.97 279 307, 290 7.59 ± 0.07 b 15.37 ± 0.14 a 4.84 ± 0.05 c 35.10 ± 0.24 b 46.81 ± 0.38 a 31.41 ± 0.21 c
Epigallocatechin 4.24 279 307, 290 n.d 6.56 ± 0.06 n.d 25.24 ± 0.72 b 35.97 ± 0.23 a 23.35 ± 0.61 c
Catechin 12.58 280 291 9.87 ± 0.07 a 4.79 ± 0.07 c 5.38 ± 0.09 b 18.51 ± 0.21 b 21.57 ± 0.2 a 17.43 ± 0.18 b
Epicatechin 13.11 280 291 4.31 ± 0.03 b 9.66 ± 0.08 a n.d n.d n.d 2.78 ± 0.03
Procyanidin dimer I 11.33 280 579, 291 n.d n.d n.d 6.38 ± 0.05 b 8.36 ± 0.06 a 6.27 ± 0.03 b
Procyanidin dimer II 19.74 280 579, 291 12.68 ± 0.11 a 12.13 ± 0.12 a 8.70 ± 0.07 b 2.20 ± 0.05 b 4.23 ± 0.04 a 4.61 ± 0.03 a
Procyanidin trimer 13.89 280 865, 291 21.84 ± 0.21 b 24.30 ± 0.72 a 10.09 ± 0.12 c 12.92±0.12 c 14.21±0.16 b 18.84±0.22 a
Hydroxycinnamic acids Chlorogenic acid 12.01 281, 329 355, 163 3.34 ± 0.03 c 3.85 ± 0.02 b 5.94 ± 0.05 a 0.79 ± 0.01 b n.d 1.16 ± 0.01 a
Feruloylquinic acid 14.79 283, 330 369 55.37 ± 0.42 b 47.66 ± 0.39 c 59.65 ± 0.44 a 31.05 ± 0.18 b 24.61 ± 0.24 c 33.42 ± 0.37 a
Caffeoylarbutin 17.20 288, 330 435 n.d n.d n.d 6.45 ± 0.04 a 3.42 ± 0.02 c 5.14 ± 0.05 b
Dicaffeoylquinic acid 20.08 282, 329 517, 163 5.01 ± 0.05 a 4.05 ± 0.04 b n.d 1.77 ± 0.02 a 0.93 ± 0.01 b 1.74 ± 0.01 a
Flavonols (quercetin derivatives) Quercetin-rutinoside (Rutin) 15.35 263, 355 611, 303 44.91 ± 0.21 b 42.34 ± 0.19 c 49.83 ± 0.63 a 18.61 ± 0.19 b 11.45 ± 0.10 c 21.88 ± 0.19 a
Quercetin-glucoside 16.20 263, 355 465, 303 1.42 ± 0.01 b 1.29 ± 0.01 c 2.37 ± 0.02 a 3.05 ± 0.03 a 2.23 ± 0.03 b 1.91 ± 0.02 c
Quercetin-acetyl-rhamnoside 17.83 263, 356 493, 303 18.60 ± 0.16 a 12.67 ± 0.10 c 15.47 ± 0.14 b 6.10 ± 0.04 b 1.71 ± 0.01 c 8.01 ± 0.07 a
Quercetin-arabinoside 18.69 262, 355 435, 303 1.55 ± 0.01 a 1.53 ± 0.01 a 1.39 ± 0.01 b 0.41 ± 0.01 b 0.07 ± 0.01 c 0.61 ± 0.01 a
Quercetin-xyloside 18.98 262, 355 435, 303 1.47 ± 0.01 b 1.30 ± 0.01 c 1.53 ± 0.01 a 0.45 ± 0.01 b 0.05 ± 0.01 c 0.62 ± 0.01 a
Quercetin-diglucoside 21.15 263, 355 628, 303 0.91 ± 0.01 c 1.42 ± 0.01 a 0.17 ± 0.01 b 3.11 ± 0.03 b 3.93 ± 0.05 a 1.12 ± 0.01 c
Quercetin 21.88 261, 355 303 3.69 ± 0.03 a 3.26 ± 0.04 b 1.16 ± 0.06 c 4.78 ± 0.04 a 3.31 ± 0.02 b 2.61 ± 0.02 c
Anthocyanins Cyanidin-glucoside 11.02 210, 517 449, 287 0.28 ± 0.01 a 0.29 ± 0.01 a n.d n.d n.d n.d
Cyanidin-arabinoside 11.78 214, 517 419, 287 n.d 0.30 ± 0.01 n.d n.d n.d n.d
Cyanidin-acetyl-glucoside 14.28 218, 518 491, 287 0.33 ± 0.01 a 0.29 ± 0.01 b n.d n.d n.d n.d

Values (expressed as mean values ± SD, mg/g, n = 3) in the same row followed by different letters (a–c) indicate significant differences (p < 0.05) between the three different locations, individual for each type of species (one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA); multiple comparison test; Tukey multiple range test (p = 0.05); GraphPad Prism Version 8.0.1, Graph Pad Software, Inc., San Diego, CA, USA). VMT, V. myrtillus leaves from Turda; VMS, V. myrtillus leaves from Smida; VMB, V. myrtillus leaves from Borsa; VVIT, V. vitis-idaea leaves from Turda; VVIS, V. vitis-idaea leaves from Smida; VVIB, V. vitis-idaea leaves from Borsa; n.d, not detected.