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. 2021 Apr 27;6(18):11954–11963. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.1c00455

Table 1. Tentatively Identified Peaks in the LC-MS Spectrum of the Total Alkaloids Fraction of P. harmala Seed Extract.

peak no. assignment formula RT (min) m/z [M + H]+ product ions MS/MS refs
1 vasicine (peganine) C11H13N2O+ 0.79 189.3991 189, 171, 154, 144, 130, 117 (29, 30)
2 vasicine (peganine) isomer C11H13N2O+ 1.20 189.2218 189, 171, 154, 144, 117 (2931)
3 vasicinone hexoside C17H21N2O7+ 2.06 365.1631 365, 203, 185, 82 (32)
4 harmalol C12H13N2O+ 2.18 201.1134 201, 184, 160, 67 (29, 30)
5 pegamine C11H13N2O2+ 2.31 205.1031 187, 120, 74 (29, 33)
6 vasicinone C11H11N2O2+ 2.62 203.1254 203, 185, 82 (29, 30)
7 hydroxylated harmine C13H13N2O2+ 4.00 229.1012 229, 214, 186, 211 (29, 30)
8 deoxyvasicinone C11H11N2O+ 4.56 187.0925 187, 159, 144, 131 (30)
9 tetrahydroharmine C13H17N2O+ 4.83 217.1005 217, 199.9, 188, 173.9, 169, 157 (29, 30)
10 harmaline C13H15N2O+ 5.40 215.5396 215, 200,174 (29, 30)
11 harmine C13H13N2O+ 5.81 213.1546 198,170 (29, 30)
12 hydroxylated harmaline C13H15N2O2+ 6.60 231.1150 214, 199, 187 (34)
13 unknown   7.17 2. 2321 213, 196, 188, 160 (28)
14 tetrahydroharmine isomer C13H17N2O+ 7.77 217.1005 217, 199.9, 188, 173.9, 169, 157 (29, 30)
15 harmol C12H11N2O+ 8.43 199.1732 199, 181, 171, 131, 105, 73 (29, 35)
16 unknown   9.24 379.2151 364, 335  
17 unknown   9.82 441.2976 268, 215, 201, 174  
18 unknown   10.49 481.3096    
19 unknown   11.81 274.2809    
20 hexadecenal C16H31O+ 20.76 239.2334 239, 221, 195, 169, 155, 141, 113, 99, 85, 71, 57, 43 (36)
21 harmalanine C16H15N2O2+ 23.48 267.2690 253, 236, 206, 186 (37)
22 unknown   25.11 413.3079 268, 215, 174