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. 2021 Jul 23;5(8):nzab102. doi: 10.1093/cdn/nzab102

TABLE 3.

Glucosinolates reported in 16 glucosinolate-containing plant foods and their trivial and semisystematic names1

Trivial name Semisystematic name Molecular weight
Aliphatic GSLs
 Glucoalyssin 5-Methylsulfinylpentyl GSL 451
 Glucoberteroin 5-Methylthiopentyl GSL 435
 Glucobrassicanapin 4-Pentenyl GSL 387
 Glucocochlearin 1-Methylpropyl GSL 375
 Glucoerucin 4-Methylthiobutyl GSL 421
 Glucoerysolin 4-Methylsulfonylbutyl GSL 453
 Glucoiberin 3-(Methylsulfinyl)propyl GSL 423
 Glucoiberverin 3-(Methylthio)propyl-GSL 407
 Glucokohlrabiin Pentyl GSL 389
 Gluconapin 3-Butenyl GSL 373
 Glucoraphanin 4-Methylsulfinylbutyl GSL 437
 Glucoraphasatin 4-Methylthiobut-3-enyl GSL 419
 Glucoraphasativusain Hexyl GSL 403
 Glucoraphenin 4-Methylsulfinyl-3-butenyl GSL 435
 Napoleiferin 2-Hydroxy-4-pentenyl GSL 403
 Progoitrin 2(R)-Hydroxy-3-butenyl GSL 389
 Epiprogoitrin 2(S)-Hydroxy-3-butenyl GSL 389
 Sinigrin 2-Propenyl GSL 359
 N/A 4-Hydroxybutyl GSL 391
Aromatic GSLs
 (2R)-Glucobarbarin (2R)-2-Hydroxy-2-phenylethyl GSL 439
 (2S)-Glucobarbarin (2S)-2-Hydroxy-2-phenylethyl GSL 439
 Gluconasturtiin 2-Phenethyl GSL 423
 Glucotropaeolin Benzyl GSL 409
Indolyl GSLs
 Glucobrassicin 3-Indolylmethyl GSL 448
 4-hydroxyglucobrassicin 4-Hydroxy-3-indolylmethyl GSL 464
 4-methoxyglucobrassicin 4-Methoxy-3-indolylmethyl GSL 478
 Neoglucobrassicin 1-Methoxy-3-indolylmethyl GSL 478

1GSL, glucosinolate; N/A, not available.