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. 2020 Jul 27;9(8):946. doi: 10.3390/plants9080946

Table 2.

Analysis of isothiocyanates in broccoli sprouts and microgreens.

No. Compounds Molecular Formula Germination Time Characterization Method Ref.
1 Butyronitrile C4H7N 3–7 days GC–MS [67]
2 Allyl isothiocyanate C4H5NS 4 days GC–MS [66]
3 2-Methyl-2-nitropropane C4H9NO2 3–7 days GC–MS [67]
4 4-(Methylthio)-butanenitrile C5H9NS 5 days GC–MS [42]
5 Butyl isothiocyanate C5H9NS 4–9 days GC–MS [42,44,66,67]
6 Isobutyl isothiocyanate C5H9NS 4 days GC–MS [19]
7 Iberin C5H9NOS2 4–8 days HPLC-DAD, UHPLC-MS/MS, GC–MS [19,53,66]
8 4-Isothiocyanato-1-butene C6H9NS2 4–9 days GC–MS [42,44,66]
9 3-Methylbutyl isothiocyanate C6H11NS 4 days GC–MS [66]
10 Isoamyl methyl sulfoxide C6H14OS 3–7 days GC–MS [67]
11 Erucin C6H11NS2 3–9 days UHPLC-MS/MS, GC–MS [19,44,56,61,67]
12 Sulforaphene C6H9NOS2 8 days UHPLC-MS/MS [19]
13 Sulforaphane C6H11NOS2 2–12 days HPLC-UV, HPLC-DAD, HPLC-DAD-MS, HPLC-MS/MS, UHPLC-MS/MS, GC–MS, GC−FID [19,22,42,44,46,48,53,56,57,59,60,61,62,63,64,66,67,68,69,70,71,72]
14 Indole-3-carbinol C9H9NO 8 days UHPLC-MS/MS [19]
15 Indole-3-carboxylic acid C9H7NO2 NS HPLC-DAD-MS [46]
16 Indole-3-acetic acid C10H9NO2 NS HPLC-DAD-MS [46]
17 1-Methoxyindole-3-carbaldehyde C10H9NO2 NS HPLC-DAD-MS [46]
Total isothiocyanates 8 days UV/Vis, UHPLC-MS [19,20,73]

UV/Vis, ultraviolet–visible spectrophotometry; GC–MS, gas chromatography combined with mass spectrometry; GC−FID, GC with a flame ionization detector.