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. 2022 Apr 28;27(9):2802. doi: 10.3390/molecules27092802

Table 2.

Tentatively identified metabolites via UPLC/T-TOF–MS/MS in the methanol extract of Saussurea costus roots using negative and positive ionization modes.

No. Rt Proposed Compounds Formula [M-H]
m/z
[M+H]
m/z
Diff. (ppm) Ms2 (Characteristic Fragments) % Ref.
Amino acid derivatives
1 1.22 Oxoproline C5H7NO3 128.0348 130.0464 −0.7 84.0456 2.61
2 2.51 Dimethylglycine C4H9NO2 104.1061 2.4 59.0735, 58.0641 31.59
3 9.39 2-Aminoadipic acid C6H11NO4 162.0919 −2 161.0868 0.16
4 12.97 N-alpha-acetyl-L-ornithine C7H14N2O3 175.0754 −0.2 160.0846 0.12
Organic and Hydroxybenzoic acid derivatives
5 1.18 Succinic acid C4H6O4 117.0188 −0.1 99.0094, 73.0277 [M-H-CO2] 0.78 [31]
6 1.23 Malic acid C4H6O5 133.0141 −0.4 115.0052, 89.0259 [M-H-CO2], 71.0145 2.32
7 4.75 p-hydroxybenzoic acid C7H6O3 137.0233 4.2 136.0153, 108.0218 1.49
Hydroxycinnamic acid derivatives
8 5.63 Chlorogenic acid C16H18O9 353.0912 355.0752 4.2 191.0559 [M-H-caffeic acid], 161.0264 [M-H-quinic acid] 2.66 [13]
9 13.59 3,4-dimethoxycinnamic acid C11H12O4 209.0785 3.9 191.0686 [M+H-H2O]+ 0.33
Flavonoid derivatives
10 5.17 Acacetin-O-rutinoside C28H32O14 593.1631 −0.5 576.3024 [M+H-OH]+ 1.08
11 5.78 Quercetin glycuronide C21H18O13 477.0659 3.1 301.0332 [M-H-glycuronic acid] 0.13
12 5.44 Procyanidin B2 C30H26O12 579.1859 −3 561.1873 [M+H-H2O]+ 0.85
13 6.52 Luteolin-di-O-hexoside C27H30O16 609.1462 −3.9 563.2827 0.06
14 6.83 Baicalein-O-glycuronide C21H18O11 447.0679 0.6 412.2124, 268.1566 1.51
15 6.88 Quercetin pentoside C20H18O11 433.1094 4.6 326.9419 0.07
16 7.11 Kaempferol neohesperidoside C27H30O15 593.1527 −4.8 112.9892 0.09
17 7.23 Isorhamnetin-O-rutinoside C28H32O16 623.1595 1 315.0418 [M-H-rutinose], 299.0167 0.40
18 7.25 Daidzein-C-hexoside C21H20O9 415.1944 417.1285 2 355.0871, 238.0804 0.97
19 7.33 Quercetin hexoside C21H20O12 465.1058 −4 303.0471 [M+H-hexose]+ 0.15
20 7.43 Rhoifolin (Apigenin neohesperidoside) C27H30O14 577.1506 2.9 531.2191, 269.0386 [M-H-neohesperidose] 0.03
21 7.44 Luteolin-O-hexoside C21H20O11 447.0966 2.9 285.0520 [M-H-hexose] 0.30 [32]
22 7.81 Apigenin-C-hexoside C21H20O10 433.1232 0.7 403.1114, 151.0633 0.08 [33]
23 8.00 Kaempferol glycuronide C21H18O12 461.0608 463.1023 2.7 287.0589 [M+H- glycuronic acid]+ 1.28
24 8.01 Diosmin (diosmetin-O-rutinoside) C28H32O15 609.1828 −3.2 463.1245 [M+H-deoxyhexose]+, 301.0719 [M+H-rutinose]+ 0.17
25 8.04 Isorhamnetin-O-hexoside C22H22O12 477.1412 479.1228 −4.1 317.0612 [M+H-hexose]+, 285.0323 0.27
26 8.08 Petunidin-O-hexoside C22H23O12 479.0961 −0.7 317.0662 [M+H-hexose]+ 0.08
27 8.14 Daidzein C15H10O4 255.0551 −4.3 167.1071 0.31
28 8.86 Quercetin C15H10O7 303.0966 1.8 167.0781 1.99 [34]
29 9.09 Formononetin-O-hexoside C22H22O9 431.1681 1.7 269.1243 [M+H-hexose]+ 0.16
30 9.15 Gossypetin hexoside C21H20O13 481.1810 0.5 319.0663 [M+H-hexose]+ 0.06
31 9.43 Luteolin-C-hexoside C21H20O11 449.1549 2.9 --- 3.51
32 9.46 Apigenin-O-hexoside C21H20O10 433.1851 −2.6 271.1296 [M+H-hexose]+ 0.49 [33]
33 10.41 Malvidin-O-hexoside C23H25O12 491.1155 493.1319 0.8 329.0696 [M-H-hexose] 0.98
34 10.44 Apigenin C15H10O5 269.0434 4 164.9932 0.16 [32]
35 10.80 3,5,7-trihydroxy-4’-methoxyflavone C16H12O6 299.0541 301.0812 4.4 153.1010, 126.0668 0.13
36 12.41 Naringenin C15H12O5 271.1324 273.0884 0.6 257.0491, 147.0214 [M+H-C6H6O3]+ 1.54
37 12.71 Formononetin C16H12O4 267.0712 269.0403 −1.9 252.0420 [M-H-CH3] 0.27
38 13.10 3’-methoxy-4’,5,7-trihydroxy flavonol C16H12O7 317.1198 −4.8 302.0595, 300.1432, 275.0970 0.66
39 13.63 Acacetin (5,7-Dihydroxy-4’-methoxyflavone) C16H12O5 283.1895 285.0867 5 253.1469 [M-H-OCH3] 11.43
40 13.71 Luteolin C15H10O6 285.039 287.0956 −0.3 269.1614 [M-H-OH], 151.0980 1.23 [35]
41 14.20 Hesperetin C16H14O6 301.2041 303.1557 1 240.0945, 141.0669 0.09
42 15.64 4’,5-dihydroxy-7-methoxyflavone C16H14O5 287.1053 −1.7 213.1243 1.72
43 17.63 Myricetin C15H10O8 319.1651 2.8 ---- 0.24 [23]
Coumarins
44 9.08 Scopoletin C10H8O4 191.0349 193.1578 0.6 176.0147, 148.0164 11.82 [32]
45 16.74 Esculetin hexoside C15H16O9 339.1987 1.9 --- 0.03
46 17.74 Daphnetin C9H6O4 179.0861 0 163.0503 0.19
Miscellaneous metabolites
47 3.21 Hexenal C6H10O 99.0437 1 83.0493 0.36
48 17.27 Cinnamaldehyde C9H8O 133.1001 0.7 131.0851, 117.0684 0.58
49 20.98 Diosgenin C27H42O3 415.3205 1.89 283.2412 0.08 [28,29]