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. 2021 Nov 1;8:231. doi: 10.1038/s41438-021-00657-1

Table 2.

Statistics on metabolites in loquat flowers, leaves, and roots

Class I Class II All Flower Leaf Root
Amino acids and derivatives Amino acids and derivatives 51 51 49 46
Nucleotides and derivatives Nucleotides and derivatives 48 48 48 45
Organic acids Organic acids 36 36 36 35
Lipids Free fatty acids 28 28 28 27
Glycerol ester 27 27 27 25
Lysophosphatidylcholine 20 20 20 20
Lysophosphatidylethanolamine 18 18 17 12
Phosphatidylcholine 1 1 1 1
Others Others 34 34 33 33
Saccharides and alcohols 31 31 31 31
Vitamin 8 8 8 8
Phenolic acids Phenolic acids 98 95 96 85
Anthocyanins 2 2 2 2
Biflavones 1 1 1 1
Chalcones 2 2 2 2
Dihydroflavone 5 5 5 3
Dihydroflavonol 3 3 3 2
Flavanols 10 10 10 10
Flavonoid 30 30 29 22
Flavonoid carbonoside 3 3 3 3
Flavonols 38 38 36 28
Isoflavones 2 2 2 1
Coumarins 4 4 4 4
Lignans 10 10 10 10
Tannins 3 3 3 3
Proanthocyanidins 12 12 12 12
Alkaloids Alkaloids 19 19 18 16
Phenolamine 7 7 5 5
Plumerane 6 6 6 6
Pyrrole alkaloids 1 1 1 1
Terpenoids Sesquiterpenoids 2 2 2 1
Triterpene 25 24 25 18
Triterpene Saponin 1 1 1 1
Steroids Steroidal saponins 1 1 1 0
In total 577 573 565 509