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. 2021 Nov 5;13(11):3953. doi: 10.3390/nu13113953

Table 2.

Metabolomics used in identifying plant polyphenols of food.

Polyphenol-Rich Foods Polyphenols Identification MS Based Tools Ref.
Strawberry Cyanidin, ellagic acid derivatives, glycosides of quercetin, kaempferol, taxifolin 3-O-arabinoside, peonidin, pelargonidin UHPLC-HR-MS [100]
Blueberry Anthocyanins, flavonols, flavan-3-ols, resveratrol, phenolic acids HPLC-IT-TOF-MS [101]
Cherry Hydroxycinnamic acids, anthocyanins, flavonoids LC-ESI-Q-TOF-MS [102]
Berry Delphinidin-3-O-rutinoside-5-O-glucoside; 5-caffeoylquinic acid, quercetin-3-O-rutinoside, quercetin-3-O-glucoside, petunidin-3-O-rutinoside-5-O-glucoside, 3-caffeoylquinic acid, malvidin-3-O-rutinoside-5-O-glucoside, 4-caffeoylquinic acid UPLC-PDA-Q-TOF-MS [103]
Grape Anthocyanins, flavan-3-ols, flavonols, stilbenes LC-MS [104]
Apples Procyanidin, chlorogenic acid, quercetin, (+)-catechin, (−)-epicatechin UPLC/MS [105]
Onions Quercetin-4′-glucoside, quercetin-3,4′-diglucoside LC-MS/MS [106]
Cabbage Quercetin-3-disinapoyl-triglucoside-7-diglucoside, kaempferol 3-di(tri, feruloyldi, sinapoyltri, disinapoyltri)glucoside-7-diglucoside HPLC-DAD-ESI-MS, HPLC-DAD-MS [107,108]
Beans Delphinidin-3-O-glucoside, cyanidin-3-O-glucoside, cyanidin-3-O-sambubioside, pelargonidin-3-O-glucoside, malvidin-3-O-glucoside, cyanidin-3-O-galactoside, petunidin-3-O-glucoside HPLC-ESI-MS [109]
Barley Caffeic acid, catechin, cereals, ellagic acid, ferulic acid, gallic acid, isoscoparin-2″-O-glucoside, p-coumaric acid, procyanidin B2 Q-TOF-LC-MS [110]
Nut (+)-catechin, (−)-epicatechin, procatechuic acid, p-hydroxybenzoic acid, quercetin-3-O-rutinoside, naringenin-7-O-glucoside LC-MS [111]
Cocoa beans Flavan-3-ols, procyanidins, (+)-catechin, (−)-epicatechin HPLC-DAD, HPLC-FL [112]
Coffee Phenolic acids, flavonoids, secoiridoids HPLC-MS/MS [113]
Green tea Quercetin-3-O-galactoside, chlorogenic acid, epicatechin, epigallocatechin gallate, proanthocyanidin B2, quercetin-3-O-galactoside LC-MS [114]
Wine Gallic acid, gentisic acid, protocatechuic acid-O-hexoside, protocatechuic acid, caftaric acid, catechin, coumaric-O-hexoside, p-hydroxybenzoic acid, caffeic acid HPLC/ESI-LTQ-Orbitrap-MS [115]

Note: ESI-LTQ-MS: electrospray ionisation-linear ion trap quadrupole-Orbitrap-mass spectrometry; HPLC-DAD-ESI-MS: high-performance liquid chromatography coupled to photodiode-array detection and electrospray ionization/ion trap mass spectrometry; IT-TOF: ion trap with time-of-flight; Q-TOF-MS: quadrupole-time of flight; UPLC-Q-TOF-MS: ultra-performance liquid chromatography-quadrupole-time of flight-mass spectrometry; UHPLC-HR: UPLC-high-resolution.