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. 2022 Aug 18;27(16):5271. doi: 10.3390/molecules27165271

Analysis of Lipids in Green Coffee by Ultra-Performance Liquid Chromatography–Time-of-Flight Tandem Mass Spectrometry

Yijun Liu 1,2, Min Chen 1,2,*, Yimin Li 2, Xingqin Feng 3, Yunlan Chen 3, Lijing Lin 1,2,*
Editor: Ryszard Amarowicz
PMCID: PMC9415402  PMID: 36014508

Abstract

Lipid components in green coffee were clarified to provide essential data support for green coffee processing. The types, components, and relative contents of lipids in green coffee were first analyzed by ultra-performance liquid chromatography–time-of-flight tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC-TOF-MS/MS). The results showed that the main fatty acids in green coffee were linoleic acid (43.39%), palmitic acid (36.57%), oleic acid (8.22%), and stearic acid (7.37%). Proportionally, the ratio of saturated fatty acids/unsaturated fatty acids/polyunsaturated fatty acids was close to 5.5:1:5.2. A total of 214 lipids were identified, including 15 sterols, 39 sphingosines, 12 free fatty acids, 127 glycerides, and 21 phospholipids. The main components of sterols, sphingosines, free fatty acids, glycerides, and phospholipids were acylhexosyl sitosterol, ceramide esterified omega-hydroxy fatty acid sphingosine, linoleic acid, and triglyceride, respectively. UPLC-TOF-MS/MS furnished high-quality and accurate information on TOF MS and TOF MS/MS spectra, providing a reliable analytical technology platform for analyzing lipid components in green coffee.

Keywords: green coffee, ultra-performance liquid chromatography–time-of-flight tandem mass spectrometry, lipid

1. Introduction

Coffee, mainly composed of protein, fat, total sugar, crude fiber, water, caffeine, water leachate, and free amino acids, is a genus of coffee in the Rubiaceae family. Taking Yunnan coffee as an example, the protein content is 14.0–17.7%, caffeine 1.02–1.33%, hydrolysable sugar 9.4–11.4%, acid lytic sugars 31.4–40.4%, crude fiber 21.50–28.74%, free amino acids 0.7–1.2%, and fat 4.7–7.1% [1]. Functional components in green coffee, mainly composed of alkaloids, phenolic acids, flavonoids, and terpenoids, play an important role in contributing to biological functions such as lowering blood sugar and protecting the liver and nerves [2].

Researchers have focused on coffee pretreatment processes, roasting methods, and coffee types [3,4,5,6,7]. For example, Yu et al. [8] used headspace solid-phase microextraction (HS-SPME) coupled with gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC-MS) to identify 82, 72, and 76 volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from green coffee roasted at three roasting speeds (namely, fast roast, medium roast, and slow roast), respectively, and the different roasting speeds affected the types and contents of VOCs. Juerg et al. [9] investigated the effect of roasting temperature and time on VOCs in green coffee. They found significant differences in aroma kinetic properties between high- and low-temperature conditions, and the concentration of compounds such as pyridine and dimethyl trisulfide in the aroma declined sharply. Some compounds increased when the temperature exceeded a certain level.

The coffee flavor was used as a critical indicator to assess coffee quality [10], and the results showed that fat in green coffee played a crucial role in flavor [11]. However, there have been few studies on the lipid analysis of coffee oil. Lipids play an essential physiological function in plant and animal growth and are closely related to human metabolism. However, there was a diversity of lipid structures, with over 40,000 lipids in the existing LIPIDMAPS lipid database and a narrow mass distribution range (0–1000 Da) [12], which posed a great difficulty for our analytical work. With the development of analytical techniques such as ultra-performance liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS), the analyses of lipids in Prinsepia utilis Royle oil and other samples have significantly developed. Among them, ultra-performance liquid chromatography–time-of-flight tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC-TOF-MS/MS) has been used to detect lipid components in samples because of its high detection sensitivity, short analysis time, simple pretreatment, and separation of lipid components at the mass spectrometry ion source. Xie et al. [13] performed qualitative and quantitative analysis of twenty triglyceride (TAG) molecules in cold-pressed rapeseed oil obtained before and after microwave pretreatment using direct injection multiplexed neutral loss scanning tandem mass spectrometry, and the results showed that the method could be applied to the detection of large sample volumes. This study aimed to establish a lipid analysis method based on high-performance liquid chromatography–time-of-flight tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC-TOF-MS/MS) and apply it to the analysis of lipids in green coffee and provide basic data for the development and utilization of green coffee. Meanwhile, profiling the microscopic lipid composition in green coffee helped reveal its functional mechanism.

2. Results and Discussion

2.1. Analysis of Fatty Acid Composition in Green Coffee

The relative percentages were calculated according to the chromatographic peak area normalization method concerning the time characterization of each fatty acid standard. The content of green coffee was 111.48 ± 3.56 mg/g, and its fatty acid composition and relative percentages were palmitic acid (C16:0) 36.57%, stearic acid (C18:0) 7.37%, oleic acid (C18:1n9c) 8.22%, linoleic acid (C18:2n6c) 43.39%, linolenic acid (C18:3n3) 1.13%, arachidic acid (C20:0) 2.56%, gadoleic acid (C20:1) 0.26%, behenic acid (C22:1) 0.26%, and behenic acid (C22:0) 0.50%. The fatty acids of green coffee were mainly composed of palmitic and linoleic acids, both of which were above 35%, followed by oleic and stearic acids. Koshima et al. [14] determined the fatty acid composition in green coffee oil using gas chromatography, and the results were consistent with the present experiment, except for with behenic acid. In addition, the variability in the types of coffee led to differences in the fatty acid types and contents in the results of this study and the analysis of Hong et al. [15].

According to their saturation, fatty acids are divided into saturated fatty acids (SFAs), monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFAs), and polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs), which have different nutritional values. Green coffee contained 47% saturated fatty acids and 53% unsaturated fatty acids, of which 8.48% were monounsaturated fatty acids and 44.52% were polyunsaturated fatty acids, and the ratio of fatty acid composition (SFA/MUFA/PUFA) was approximately 5.5:1:5.2.

2.2. Identification of Lipids

In lipid molecules in mass spectrometry, relatively weak chemical bonds in the molecule are broken due to ionization, forming specific product ions or neutral lost fragment ions. This study identified sterols, sphingosines, glycerolipids, phospholipids, and fatty acids in green coffee from the perspective of mass spectrometry cleavage patterns. The fatty acids were identified as ASG (acylhexose glutathione) 29:1; O; Hex; FA 16:0 in acylhexosyl sitosterol (AHexSIS), ceramide esterified omega-hydroxy fatty acid-sphingosine (Cer_EOS) in Cer 60:12, and diacylglycerol (DG) in DG 34:2 |DG 16:0_18:2 as examples to analyze their mass spectrometric behaviors and fracture mechanisms in detail.

The molecular species of the compounds were identified by retention time, isotope distribution, MS mass-to-charge ratio, and MS/MS secondary mass spectrometry pattern in positive and negative ion modes. ASG had an excellent mass spectrometric response in both positive and negative ion modes. In positive ion mode, specific diagnostic fragment ions could be generated to identify its sterol lipid molecular species. In negative ion mode, fatty acid acyl chain composition could be identified by forming free state fatty acid fragment ions through ester bond breakage.

Figure 1A represents the MS/MS spectrum of ASG 29:1 Hex; FA 16:0 in positive ion mode; m/z 832.6495 was the precursor ion [M+NH4]+, and m/z 397.3795 was the diagnostic fragment ion of the acyl hexose glutamate ST 29:1+ [C29H49]+ sterol ester. Figure 1B displays the MS/MS mass spectra of ASG 29:1 Hex; FA 16:0 in the negative ion mode, where m/z 873.6855 was the precursor ion [M+CH3COO]+, and m/z 255.2280 was the characteristic fragment ion [FA 16:0-H]. Since it was an ion formed by the loss of an H in the negative ion mode of the fatty acid formed in the free state after the ester bond was broken, it could be inferred that the fatty acid chain of this compound was Hex; FA 16:0. Figure 1C shows the MS/MS spectrum of DG 34:2 (16:0_18:2) in positive ion mode. From the figure, m/z 610.5323 could be tentatively determined as [M+NH4]+ of DG34:2, m/z 575.5026 represented [M+NH4-NH3-H2O]+, which was the fragment ion formed after the precursor ion [M+NH4]+ lost NH3 and H2O, and m/z 313.2735 and m/z 337.2728 represented [M+NH4-NH3-FA18:2]+ and [M+NH4-NH3-FA16:0]+, respectively, both of which were diagnostic fragment ions for fatty acid acyl chain characteristics. The monoglyceride sheet ions 16:0 DMAG+ and 18:2 DMAG+ formed after the loss of one fatty acid FA18:2 and FA16:0 from the precursor ion m/z 610.5323, respectively. Both di- and triglycerides were nonpolar lipids, forming ammonium addition ions [M+NH4]+ only in the positive ion mode, with no display in the negative ion mode, and the characteristic fragments were monoglyceride fragments and diglyceride fragments formed after the loss of one fatty acid, respectively. Figure 1D shows the MS/MS spectra of Cer 60:12;4O|Cer 42:9;3° (FA 18:2) in negative ion mode. m/z 910.7186 was the precursor ion [M-H] of Cer 60:12;4°, m/z 648.4904 was the fragment ion after the neutral loss of FA 18:2 of the precursor ion, and m/z 279.2293 was the characteristic fragment ion [FA 18:2-H].

Figure 1.

Figure 1

MS/MS spectra of ASG 29:1; O;Hex;FA 16:0 (A), DG 34:2 |DG 16:0_18:2 (C) in the positive ion mode and ASG 29:1;O;Hex;FA 16:0 (B), Cer 60:12 (D) in the negative ion mode.

2.3. Analysis of Lipid Composition in Green Coffee

UPLC-TOF-MS/MS analyzed the lipids in green coffee, and information on the precise relative molecular masses, isotopic distribution, and secondary mass spectrometry cleavage fragments of the lipids were obtained in compound scanning mode. As shown in Figure 2, a total of 214 lipids were identified in green coffee, including fifteen sterols, thirty-nine sphingomyelins, twelve free fatty acids, 127 glycerides, and twenty-one phospholipids. The above fifteen sterols mainly included four types of acylhexosyl campesterol (AHexCAS), five acylhexosyl sitosterols (AHexSIS), three acylhexosyl stigmasterols (AHexSTS), and three stigmasterol hexosides (SHex). The thirty-nine sphingosine species included seven types of ceramide alpha-hydroxy fatty acid phytosphingosine (Cer_AP), twenty-one types of ceramide esterified omega-hydroxy fatty acid dihydrosphingosine (Cer_EOS), one ceramide esterified omega-hydroxy fatty acid dihydrosphingosine (Cer_EODS), four ceramide nonhydroxy fatty acid phytosphingosine (Cer_NP), and six Hexosylceramide alpha-hydroxy fatty acid phytosphingosine (HexCer_AP). The twenty-one phospholipids included five types of phosphatidylcholine (PC), seven phosphatidylethanolamines (PE), one phosphatidylglycerol (PG), and eight phosphatidylinositols (PI). The 127 glycerol esters included twenty-four types of diacylglycerol (DG), three ether-linked triacylglycerols (EtherTG), three oxidized triglycerides (OxTG), one phosphatidylethanolamine (PE), one phosphatidylglycerol (PG), eight phosphatidylinositols (PI), twenty-five triglycerides (OxTG), seventy-one triglycerides (TG), and four monoacylglycerols (MG).

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Lipid species in green coffee.

As shown in Table 1, the total number of carbon atoms in the fatty acid side chains of lipids in green coffee was 28–64, and the double bond number was 0–13. Most lipids contained at least one fatty acid side chain with a carbon number of 18 and a double bond number of 0–3. Among the sphingomyelinols, Cer_EOS had the highest number of double bonds. The number of carbon atoms of AHexCAS in sterols was 28, and the double bond number was one. The number of carbon atoms of AHexSTS and AHexSIS was 29, and the number of double bonds was one and two, respectively. The number of carbon atoms of Cer_EOS in sphingosine was 54–64, and the number of double bonds was 7–13. The number of carbon atoms of Cer_NP was 34–44, and the double bond number was 0–1. The number of carbon atoms of HexCer_AP was 36–44, and the number of double bonds was one. FA had a carbon atom number of 14–24 and a double bond number of 0–3. The number of carbon atoms of PC in phospholipids was 28, and the double bond number was 1–4. PE had a carbon atom number of 32–38 and a double bond number of 0–4. PG had a carbon atom number of 36 and a double bond number of zero. PI had a carbon atom number of 32–40 and a double bond number of 0–4. The number of carbon atoms of DG in glycerolipids was 32–4, and the number of double bonds was 0–5. EtherTG had a carbon atom number of 53–59 and a double bond number of 2–5. OxTG had a carbon atom number of 50–58 and a double bond number of 1–8. TG had a carbon atom number of 48–62 and a double bond number of 0–7. MG had a carbon atom number of 16–20 and a double bond number of 0–1.

Table 1.

Composition of the 214 lipids in green coffee.

NO R.Time
min
m/z Lipid Name Adduct Type Formula Ontology Content
μg/g
1 6.654 859.6649 ASG 28:1;O;Hex;FA 16:0 [M+CH3COO]− C50H88O7 AHexCAS 0.61 ± 0.09
2 7.182 887.6971 ASG 28:1;O;Hex;FA 18:0 [M+CH3COO]− C52H92O7 AHexCAS 0.20 ± 0.02
3 6.722 885.6755 ASG 28:1;O;Hex;FA 18:1 [M+CH3COO]− C52H90O7 AHexCAS 0.09 ± 0.02
4 6.316 883.6581 ASG 28:1;O;Hex;FA 18:2 [M+CH3COO]− C52H88O7 AHexCAS 0.29 ± 0.05
5 6.845 873.6815 ASG 29:1;O;Hex;FA 16:0 [M+CH3COO]− C51H90O7 AHexSIS 2.79 ± 0.28
6 7.355 901.7115 ASG 29:1;O;Hex;FA 18:0 [M+CH3COO]− C53H94O7 AHexSIS 0.97 ± 0.17
7 6.923 899.6962 ASG 29:1;O;Hex;FA 18:1 [M+CH3COO]− C53H92O7 AHexSIS 0.56 ± 0.07
8 6.508 897.6824 ASG 29:1;O;Hex;FA 18:2 [M+CH3COO]− C53H90O7 AHexSIS 2.03 ± 0.21
9 6.111 895.6605 ASG 29:1;O;Hex;FA 18:3 [M+CH3COO]− C53H88O7 AHexSIS 0.64 ± 0.09
10 6.689 871.6605 ASG 29:2;O;Hex;FA 16:0 [M+CH3COO]− C51H88O7 AHexSTS 1.01 ± 0.15
11 7.204 899.6945 ASG 29:2;O;Hex;FA 18:0 [M+CH3COO]− C53H92O7 AHexSTS 0.56 ± 0.07
12 6.349 895.6656 ASG 29:2;O;Hex;FA 18:2 [M+CH3COO]− C53H88O7 AHexSTS 0.64 ± 0.09
13 5.504 652.5873 Cer 40:1;4O|Cer 18:1;3O/22:0;(2OH) [M-H]− C40H79NO5 Cer_AP 0.51 ± 0.05
14 5.962 668.6175 Cer 41:0;4O|Cer 18:0;3O/23:0;(2OH) [M-H]− C41H83NO5 Cer_AP 0.18 ± 0.02
15 5.71 666.5975 Cer 41:1;4O|Cer 18:1;3O/23:0;(2OH) [M-H]− C41H81NO5 Cer_AP 0.22 ± 0.04
16 6.224 682.6332 Cer 42:0;4O|Cer 18:0;3O/24:0;(2OH) [M-H]− C42H85NO5 Cer_AP 1.60 ± 0.28
17 5.978 680.6147 Cer 42:1;4O|Cer 18:1;3O/24:0;(2OH) [M-H]− C42H83NO5 Cer_AP 1.42 ± 0.26
18 6.491 696.647 Cer 43:0;4O|Cer 18:0;3O/25:0;(2OH) [M-H]− C43H87NO5 Cer_AP 0.26 ± 0.03
19 6.241 694.6345 Cer 43:1;4O|Cer 18:1;3O/25:0;(2OH) [M-H]− C43H85NO5 Cer_AP 0.32 ± 0.08
20 9.529 838.7357 Cer 54:6;4O|Cer 38:5;3O(FA 16:0) [M-H]− C54H97NO5 Cer_EOS 0.11 ± 0.02
21 9.561 864.7435 Cer 56:7;4O|Cer 40:6;3O(FA 16:0) [M-H]− C56H99NO5 Cer_EOS 1.55 ± 0.42
22 9.186 862.7282 Cer 56:8;4O|Cer 21:1;2O/17:4;O(FA 18:2) [M-H]− C56H97NO5 Cer_EOS 13.16 ± 2.96
23 8.814 860.702 Cer 56:9;4O|Cer 40:8;3O(FA 16:0) [M-H]− C56H95NO5 Cer_EOS 0.26 ± 0.07
24 9.991 892.7689 Cer 58:7;4O|Cer 40:6;3O(FA 18:0) [M-H]− C58H103NO5 Cer_EOS 0.7 ± 0.16
25 9.637 890.7576 Cer 58:8;4O|Cer 40:7;3O(FA 18:0) [M-H]− C58H101NO5 Cer_EOS 5.81 ± 1.61
26 9.234 888.7432 Cer 58:9;4O|Cer 40:6;3O(FA 18:2) [M-H]− C58H99NO5 Cer_EOS 5.51 ± 0.94
27 8.846 886.7294 Cer 58:10;4O|Cer 40:7;3O(FA 18:2) [M-H]− C58H97NO5 Cer_EOS 14.84 ± 2.9
28 8.467 884.7048 Cer 58:11;4O|Cer 40:8;3O(FA 18:2) [M-H]− C58H95NO5 Cer_EOS 0.64 ± 0.13
29 10.396 920.797 Cer 60:7;4O|Cer 42:5;3O(FA 18:1) [M-H]− C60H107NO5 Cer_EOS 0.35 ± 0.04
30 10.062 918.7827 Cer 60:8;4O|Cer 42:5;3O(FA 18:2) [M-H]− C60H105NO5 Cer_EODS 2.40 ± 0.39
31 9.664 916.7686 Cer 60:9;4O|Cer 42:6;3O(FA 18:2) [M-H]− C60H103NO5 Cer_EOS 1.57 ± 0.38
32 9.299 914.7571 Cer 60:10;4O|Cer 42:7;3O(FA 18:2) [M-H]− C60H101NO5 Cer_EOS 3.34 ± 0.53
33 8.88 912.743 Cer 60:11;4O|Cer 42:8;3O(FA 18:2) [M-H]− C60H99NO5 Cer_EOS 2.20 ± 0.36
34 8.478 910.7285 Cer 60:12;4O|Cer 42:9;3O(FA 18:2) [M-H]− C60H97NO5 Cer_EOS 2.81 ± 0.54
35 8.111 908.7169 Cer 60:13;4O|Cer 42:9;3O(FA 18:3) [M-H]− C60H95NO5 Cer_EOS 0.27 ± 0.05
36 9.749 942.7889 Cer 62:10;4O|Cer 44:7;3O(FA 18:2) [M-H]− C62H105NO5 Cer_EOS 1.15 ± 0.29
37 9.346 940.7683 Cer 62:11;4O|Cer 44:8;3O(FA 18:2) [M-H]− C62H103NO5 Cer_EOS 0.20 ± 0.04
38 10.456 946.8187 Cer 62:8;4O|Cer 44:5;3O(FA 18:2) [M-H]− C62H109NO5 Cer_EOS 0.76 ± 0.16
39 10.089 944.8008 Cer 62:9;4O|Cer 44:7;3O(FA 18:1) [M-H]− C62H107NO5 Cer_EOS 0.54 ± 0.07
40 10.162 970.8248 Cer 64:10;4O|Cer 46:7;3O(FA 18:2) [M-H]− C64H109NO5 Cer_EOS 0.26 ± 0.06
41 10.835 974.8505 Cer 64:8;4O|Cer 40:7;3O(FA 24:0) [M-H]− C64H113NO5 Cer_EOS 0.36 ± 0.07
42 4.35 552.4949 Cer 34:1;3O|Cer 18:1;3O/16:0 [M-H]− C34H67NO4 Cer_NP 0.98 ± 0.21
43 6.497 666.6363 Cer 42:0;3O|Cer 18:0;3O/24:0 [M-H]− C42H85NO4 Cer_NP 0.73 ± 0.08
44 6.241 664.6186 Cer 42:1;3O|Cer 18:1;3O/24:0 [M-H]− C42H83NO4 Cer_NP 0.38 ± 0.02
45 7.033 694.6718 Cer 44:0;3O|Cer 18:0;3O/26:0 [M-H]− C44H89NO4 Cer_NP 0.29 ± 0.01
46 1.685 227.202 FA 14:0 [M-H]− C14H28O2 FA 15.53 ± 1.00
47 2.334 255.2345 FA 16:0 [M-H]− C16H32O2 FA 5727.91 ± 450.89
48 2.642 269.247 FA 17:0 [M-H]− C17H34O2 FA 39.88 ± 1.53
49 2.92 283.2651 FA 18:0 [M-H]− C18H36O2 FA 3086.39 ± 333.03
50 2.486 281.2492 FA 18:1 [M-H]− C18H34O2 FA 1149.61 ± 143.83
51 2.058 279.2334 FA 18:2 [M-H]− C18H32O2 FA 6403.60 ± 526.28
52 1.654 277.2187 FA 18:3 [M-H]− C18H30O2 FA 94.98 ± 13.02
53 3.453 311.2959 FA 20:0 [M-H]− C20H40O2 FA 854.03 ± 56.21
54 3.002 309.2787 FA 20:1 [M-H]− C20H38O2 FA 58.09 ± 6.27
55 3.941 339.3272 FA 22:0 [M-H]− C22H44O2 FA 315.63 ± 18.01
56 3.945 337.3143 FA 22:1 [M-H]− C22H42O2 FA 0.38 ± 0.05
57 4.381 367.3573 FA 24:0 [M-H]− C24H48O2 FA 483.68 ± 53.91
58 4.272 758.5736 HexCer 36:1;4O|HexCer 18:1;3O/18:0;(2OH) [M-H]− C42H81NO10 HexCer_AP 0.72 ± 0.10
59 4.605 786.608 HexCer 38:1;4O|HexCer 18:1;3O/20:0;(2OH) [M-H]− C44H85NO10 HexCer_AP 0.7 ± 0.06
60 5.02 814.6382 HexCer 40:1;4O|HexCer 18:1;3O/22:0;(2OH) [M-H]− C46H89NO10 HexCer_AP 5.47 ± 0.06
61 5.27 828.652 HexCer 41:1;4O|HexCer 18:1;3O/23:0;(2OH) [M-H]− C47H91NO10 HexCer_AP 0.25 ± 0.06
62 5.504 842.6694 HexCer 42:1;4O|HexCer 18:1;3O/24:0;(2OH) [M-H]− C48H93NO10 HexCer_AP 3.33 ± 0.12
63 5.973 870.6987 HexCer 44:1;4O|HexCer 18:1;3O/26:0;(2OH) [M-H]− C50H97NO10 HexCer_AP 0.36 ± 0.04
64 5.537 818.5863 PC 34:1|PC 16:0_18:1 [M+CH3COO]− C42H82NO8P PC 10.41 ± 1.93
65 5.067 816.5745 PC 34:2|PC 16:0_18:2 [M+CH3COO]− C42H80NO8P PC 30.21 ± 4.00
66 5.711 844.603 PC 36:2|PC 18:1_18:1 [M+CH3COO]− C44H84NO8P PC 5.25 ± 0.81
67 5.082 842.5946 PC 36:3|PC 18:1_18:2 [M+CH3COO]− C44H82NO8P PC 9.94 ± 1.88
68 4.687 840.5668 PC 36:4|PC 18:2_18:2 [M+CH3COO]− C44H80NO8P PC 10.24 ± 1.85
69 3.553 690.5078 PE 32:0|PE 16:0_16:0 [M-H]− C37H74NO8P PE 0.11 ± 0.01
70 4.989 716.5177 PE 34:1|PE 16:0_18:1 [M-H]− C39H76NO8P PE 0.33 ± 0.07
71 4.57 714.5034 PE 34:2|PE 16:0_18:2 [M-H]− C39H74NO8P PE 4.69 ± 1.06
72 5.036 742.5333 PE 36:2|PE 18:0_18:2 [M-H]− C41H78NO8P PE 1.17 ± 0.2
73 4.611 740.5236 PE 36:3|PE 18:1_18:2 [M-H]− C41H76NO8P PE 0.97 ± 0.19
74 4.335 738.5076 PE 36:4|PE 18:2_18:2 [M-H]− C41H74NO8P PE 1.55 ± 0.17
75 5.521 770.5684 PE 38:2|PE 20:0_18:2 [M-H]− C43H82NO8P PE 0.13 ± 0.05
76 4.335 777.5529 PG 36:0|PG 18:0_18:0 [M-H]− C42H83O10P PG 4.18 ± 0.68
77 3.716 809.5223 PI 32:0|PI 16:0_16:0 [M-H]− C41H79O13P PI 1.53 ± 0.14
78 3.76 835.5346 PI 34:1|PI 16:0_18:1 [M-H]− C43H81O13P PI 13.77 ± 1.51
79 3.55 833.5191 PI 34:2|PI 16:0_18:2 [M-H]− C43H79O13P PI 132.36 ± 7.38
80 3.351 831.4954 PI 34:3|PI 18:0_16:3 [M-H]− C43H77O13P PI 3.09 ± 0.41
81 3.847 861.5472 PI 36:2|PI 18:0_18:2 [M-H]− C45H83O13P PI 9.82 ± 1.10
82 3.588 859.5333 PI 36:3|PI 16:0_20:3 [M-H]− C45H81O13P PI 4.40 ± 0.38
83 3.375 857.5219 PI 36:4|PI 18:2_18:2 [M-H]− C45H79O13P PI 9.28 ± 0.84
84 4.54 919.6258 PI 40:1|PI 20:0_20:1 [M-H]− C49H93O13P PI 13.94 ± 2.16
85 3.613 621.4358 SG 28:1;O;Hex [M+CH3COO]− C34H58O6 SHex 0.49 ± 0.09
86 3.774 635.4494 SG 29:1;O;Hex [M+CH3COO]− C35H60O6 SHex 3.51 ± 0.76
87 3.655 633.4337 SG 29:2;O;Hex [M+CH3COO]− C35H58O6 SHex 1.27 ± 0.19
88 5.634 586.5302 DG 32:0|DG 16:0_16:0 [M+NH4]+ C35H68O5 DG 85.39 ± 13.32
89 5.225 584.5154 DG 32:1|DG 16:0_16:1 [M+NH4]+ C35H66O5 DG 2.35 ± 0.26
90 6.161 614.5614 DG 34:0|DG 16:0_18:0 [M+NH4]+ C37H72O5 DG 41.68 ± 4.04
91 5.701 612.5468 DG 34:1|DG 16:0_18:1 [M+NH4]+ C37H70O5 DG 206.95 ± 32.99
92 5.321 610.5339 DG 34:2|DG 16:0_18:2 [M+NH4]+ C37H68O5 DG 3804.73 ± 356.39
93 5.002 608.5155 DG 34:3|DG 16:0_18:3 [M+NH4]+ C37H66O5 DG 103.33 ± 10.96
94 6.698 642.5931 DG 36:0|DG 18:0_18:0 [M+NH4]+ C39H76O5 DG 25.20 ± 1.70
95 6.228 640.5801 DG 36:1|DG 18:0_18:1 [M+NH4]+ C39H74O5 DG 36.32 ± 4.29
96 5.813 638.5634 DG 36:2|DG 18:0_18:2 [M+NH4]+ C39H72O5 DG 535.91 ± 43.92
97 5.378 636.5472 DG 36:3|DG 18:1_18:2 [M+NH4]+ C39H70O5 DG 842.02 ± 76.18
98 5.022 634.5318 DG 36:4|DG 18:2_18:2 [M+NH4]+ C39H68O5 DG 3737.90 ± 263.65
99 4.723 632.5156 DG 36:5|DG 18:2_18:3 [M+NH4]+ C39H66O5 DG 107.66 ± 14.00
100 7.235 670.6293 DG 38:0|DG 16:0_22:0 [M+NH4]+ C41H80O5 DG 5.84 ± 0.24
101 6.76 668.6097 DG 38:1|DG 20:0_18:1 [M+NH4]+ C41H78O5 DG 11.47 ± 0.58
102 6.345 666.598 DG 38:2|DG 20:0_18:2 [M+NH4]+ C41H76O5 DG 145.25 ± 8.6
103 5.852 664.5808 DG 38:3|DG 20:1_18:2 [M+NH4]+ C41H74O5 DG 19.69 ± 1.43
104 5.482 662.5598 DG 38:4|DG 18:2_20:2 [M+NH4]+ C41H72O5 DG 6.07 ± 1.20
105 7.771 698.6593 DG 40:0|DG 20:0_20:0 [M+NH4]+ C43H84O5 DG 8.74 ± 0.61
106 7.302 696.6409 DG 40:1|DG 22:0_18:1 [M+NH4]+ C43H82O5 DG 2.27 ± 0.18
107 6.889 694.6287 DG 40:2|DG 22:0_18:2 [M+NH4]+ C43H80O5 DG 20.65 ± 1.90
108 8.282 726.6904 DG 42:0|DG 20:0_22:0 [M+NH4]+ C45H88O5 DG 16.76 ± 1.30
109 7.429 722.6627 DG 42:2|DG 24:0_18:2 [M+NH4]+ C45H84O5 DG 9.06 ± 0.21
110 8.762 754.7205 DG 44:0|DG 22:0_22:0 [M+NH4]+ C47H92O5 DG 12.20 ± 1.17
111 7.967 750.6893 DG 44:2|DG 26:0_18:2 [M+NH4]+ C47H88O5 DG 2.38 ± 0.38
112 9.622 876.8317 TG O-53:2|TG O-19:2_16:0_18:0 [M+NH4]+ C56H106O5 EtherTG 66.61 ± 7.81
113 8.966 898.827 TG O-55:5|TG O-19:1_18:2_18:2 [M+NH4]+ C58H104O5 EtherTG 66.51 ± 3.34
114 10.136 956.9129 TG O-59:4|TG O-19:2_18:2_22:0 [M+NH4]+ C62H114O5 EtherTG 17.46 ± 2.97
115 8.246 866.7822 TG 50:1;1O|TG 16:0_16:0_18:1;1O [M+NH4]+ C53H100O7 OxTG 22.96 ± 6.44
116 7.946 864.7678 TG 50:2;1O|TG 16:0_16:0_18:2;1O [M+NH4]+ C53H98O7 OxTG 504.38 ± 128.28
117 7.576 862.7489 TG 50:3;1O|TG 16:0_16:0_18:3;1O [M+NH4]+ C53H96O7 OxTG 92.53 ± 28.21
118 7.095 860.737 TG 50:4;1O|TG 16:0_18:2_16:2;1O [M+NH4]+ C53H94O7 OxTG 4.16 ± 0.80
119 8.721 894.8135 TG 52:1;1O|TG 16:0_18:0_18:1;1O [M+NH4]+ C55H104O7 OxTG 10.19 ± 1.89
120 8.429 892.7969 TG 52:2;1O|TG 16:0_18:0_18:2;1O [M+NH4]+ C55H102O7 OxTG 180.15 ± 42.4
121 7.973 890.783 TG 52:3;1O|TG 16:0_18:1_18:2;1O [M+NH4]+ C55H100O7 OxTG 334.53 ± 82.77
122 7.596 888.7674 TG 52:4;1O|TG 16:0_18:2_18:2;1O [M+NH4]+ C55H98O7 OxTG 1043.62 ± 205.51
123 7.235 886.7534 TG 52:5;1O|TG 16:0_18:2_18:3;1O [M+NH4]+ C55H96O7 OxTG 273.4 ± 76.16
124 6.871 884.7346 TG 52:6;1O|TG 16:0_18:3_18:3;1O [M+NH4]+ C55H94O7 OxTG 5.11 ± 1.5
125 8.915 920.8307 TG 54:2;1O|TG 16:0_20:0_18:2;1O [M+NH4]+ C57H106O7 OxTG 49.40 ± 6.42
126 8.488 918.8096 TG 54:3;1O|TG 18:0_18:1_18:2;1O [M+NH4]+ C57H104O7 OxTG 71.38 ± 16.36
127 8.09 916.7963 TG 54:4;1O|TG 18:0_18:2_18:2;1O [M+NH4]+ C57H102O7 OxTG 198.9 ± 44.27
128 7.651 914.785 TG 54:5;1O|TG 18:1_18:2_18:2;1O [M+NH4]+ C57H100O7 OxTG 191.35 ± 38.67
129 7.246 912.7684 TG 54:6;1O|TG 18:2_18:2_18:2;1O [M+NH4]+ C57H98O7 OxTG 237.19 ± 41.13
130 6.889 910.7452 TG 54:7;1O|TG 18:2_18:2_18:3;1O [M+NH4]+ C57H96O7 OxTG 44.14 ± 9.42
131 6.505 908.7288 TG 54:8;1O|TG 18:2_18:3_18:3;1O [M+NH4]+ C57H94O7 OxTG 2.05 ± 0.34
132 9.363 948.8574 TG 56:2;1O|TG 16:0_22:0_18:2;1O [M+NH4]+ C59H110O7 OxTG 11.20 ± 2.53
133 8.948 946.8486 TG 56:3;1O|TG 20:0_18:1_18:2;1O [M+NH4]+ C59H108O7 OxTG 19.55 ± 2.11
134 8.584 944.8259 TG 56:4;1O|TG 20:0_18:2_18:2;1O [M+NH4]+ C59H106O7 OxTG 57.93 ± 10.49
135 8.228 942.8184 TG 56:5;1O|TG 20:0_18:2_18:3;1O [M+NH4]+ C59H104O7 OxTG 15.9 ± 2.36
136 7.754 940.8 TG 56:6;1O|TG 20:1_18:2_18:3;1O [M+NH4]+ C59H102O7 OxTG 1.88 ± 0.35
137 9.783 976.8939 TG 58:2;1O|TG 20:0_20:0_18:2;1O [M+NH4]+ C61H114O7 OxTG 4.72 ± 0.58
138 9.429 974.8809 TG 58:3;1O|TG 22:0_19:2_17:1;1O [M+NH4]+ C61H112O7 OxTG 5.04 ± 1.09
139 9.043 972.858 TG 58:4;1O|TG 22:0_18:2_18:2;1O [M+NH4]+ C61H110O7 OxTG 9.83 ± 0.45
140 9.524 824.7681 TG 48:0|TG 16:0_16:0_16:0 [M+NH4]+ C51H98O6 TG 138.29 ± 18.75
141 9.099 822.7542 TG 48:1|TG 14:0_16:0_18:1/TG 16:0_16:0_16:1 [M+NH4]+ C51H96O6 TG 15.50 ± 1.73
142 8.713 820.7387 TG 48:2|TG 14:0_16:0_18:2 [M+NH4]+ C51H94O6 TG 97.33 ± 17.62
143 8.972 834.7506 TG 49:2|TG 15:0_16:0_18:2 [M+NH4]+ C52H96O6 TG 41.98 ± 2.67
144 8.634 832.7381 TG 49:3|TG 16:0_15:1_18:2 [M+NH4]+ C52H94O6 TG 36.08 ± 4.77
145 9.954 852.7994 TG 50:0|TG 16:0_16:0_18:0 [M+NH4]+ C53H102O6 TG 83.42 ± 13.03
146 9.553 850.7856 TG 50:1|TG 16:0_16:0_18:1 [M+NH4]+ C53H100O6 TG 2563.84 ± 321.36
147 9.17 848.7705 TG 50:2|TG 16:0_16:0_18:2 [M+NH4]+ C53H98O6 TG 15,433.4 ± 1243.63
148 8.797 846.7551 TG 50:3|TG 16:0_16:0_18:3 [M+NH4]+ C53H96O6 TG 393.98 ± 70.02
149 8.357 844.7397 TG 50:4|TG 14:0_18:2_18:2 [M+NH4]+ C53H94O6 TG 60.27 ± 11.04
150 9.793 864.799 TG 51:1|TG 16:0_17:0_18:1 [M+NH4]+ C54H102O6 TG 19.04 ± 2.01
151 9.424 862.7835 TG 51:2|TG 16:0_17:0_18:2 [M+NH4]+ C54H100O6 TG 128.18 ± 5.95
152 9.066 860.7667 TG 51:3|TG 16:0_17:1_18:2 [M+NH4]+ C54H98O6 TG 26.49 ± 2.43
153 8.619 858.7512 TG 51:4|TG 15:0_18:2_18:2 [M+NH4]+ C54H96O6 TG 51.37 ± 6.93
154 10.373 880.8313 TG 52:0|TG 16:0_18:0_18:0 [M+NH4]+ C55H106O6 TG 37.16 ± 6.55
155 9.984 878.8175 TG 52:1|TG 16:0_18:0_18:1 [M+NH4]+ C55H104O6 TG 1301.48 ± 206.72
156 9.633 876.8012 TG 52:2|TG 16:0_18:0_18:2 [M+NH4]+ C55H102O6 TG 8843.51 ± 854.57
157 9.227 874.7888 TG 52:3|TG 16:0_18:1_18:2 [M+NH4]+ C55H100O6 TG 5707.01 ± 503.57
158 8.83 872.7711 TG 52:4|TG 16:0_18:2_18:2 [M+NH4]+ C55H98O6 TG 16,132.45 ± 1269.98
159 8.46 870.7558 TG 52:5|TG 16:0_18:2_18:3 [M+NH4]+ C55H96O6 TG 1460.96 ± 308.25
160 8.09 868.7389 TG 52:6|TG 16:0_18:3_18:3 [M+NH4]+ C55H94O6 TG 26.70 ± 6.32
161 10.198 892.8311 TG 53:1|TG 17:0_18:0_18:1 [M+NH4]+ C56H106O6 TG 7.41 ± 0.98
162 9.855 890.8171 TG 53:2|TG 17:0_18:0_18:2 [M+NH4]+ C56H104O6 TG 59.35 ± 5.01
163 9.452 888.8031 TG 53:3|TG 17:0_18:1_18:2 [M+NH4]+ C56H102O6 TG 39.12 ± 1.76
164 9.071 886.7877 TG 53:4|TG 17:0_18:2_18:2 [M+NH4]+ C56H100O6 TG 56.52 ± 6.54
165 8.707 884.7674 TG 53:5|TG 17:0_18:2_18:3 [M+NH4]+ C56H98O6 TG 13.14 ± 3.22
166 10.75 908.8629 TG 54:0|TG 16:0_18:0_20:0 [M+NH4]+ C57H110O6 TG 11.35 ± 2.42
167 10.395 906.8478 TG 54:1|TG 16:0_20:0_18:1 [M+NH4]+ C57H108O6 TG 524.05 ± 89.67
168 10.056 904.8348 TG 54:2|TG 16:0_20:0_18:2 [M+NH4]+ C57H106O6 TG 4254.17 ± 523.25
169 9.666 902.8181 TG 54:3|TG 18:0_18:1_18:2 [M+NH4]+ C57H104O6 TG 1873.53 ± 213
170 9.311 900.803 TG 54:4|TG 18:0_18:2_18:2 [M+NH4]+ C57H102O6 TG 3713.62 ± 253.08
171 8.892 898.7906 TG 54:5|TG 18:1_18:2_18:2 [M+NH4]+ C57H100O6 TG 2189.29 ± 160.77
172 8.488 896.7725 TG 54:6|TG 18:2_18:2_18:2 [M+NH4]+ C57H98O6 TG 4025.69 ± 559.05
173 8.107 894.7582 TG 54:7|TG 18:2_18:2_18:3 [M+NH4]+ C57H96O6 TG 308.01 ± 56.35
174 10.584 920.8643 TG 55:1|TG 16:0_21:0_18:1 [M+NH4]+ C58H110O6 TG 5.27 ± 1.86
175 10.259 918.8485 TG 55:2|TG 16:0_21:0_18:2 [M+NH4]+ C58H108O6 TG 74.37 ± 12.78
176 11.117 936.8935 TG 56:0|TG 16:0_18:0_22:0 [M+NH4]+ C59H114O6 TG 6.13 ± 0.95
177 10.775 934.882 TG 56:1|TG 18:0_20:0_18:1 [M+NH4]+ C59H112O6 TG 103.09 ± 22.17
178 10.452 932.8689 TG 56:2|TG 18:0_20:0_18:2 [M+NH4]+ C59H110O6 TG 1225.38 ± 193.62
179 10.098 930.851 TG 56:3|TG 20:0_18:1_18:2 [M+NH4]+ C59H108O6 TG 593.99 ± 75.39
180 9.75 928.8354 TG 56:4|TG 20:0_18:2_18:2 [M+NH4]+ C59H106O6 TG 1382.45 ± 140.08
181 9.381 926.8179 TG 56:5|TG 20:0_18:2_18:3 [M+NH4]+ C59H104O6 TG 153.43 ± 14.49
182 8.958 924.7989 TG 56:6|TG 20:1_18:2_18:3 [M+NH4]+ C59H102O6 TG 18.45 ± 2.23
183 10.644 946.8822 TG 57:2|TG 16:0_23:0_18:2 [M+NH4]+ C60H112O6 TG 88.96 ± 21.60
184 10.29 944.8629 TG 57:3|TG 21:0_18:1_18:2 [M+NH4]+ C60H110O6 TG 11.52 ± 2.00
185 9.943 942.8513 TG 57:4|TG 21:0_18:2_18:2 [M+NH4]+ C60H108O6 TG 27.24 ± 1.39
186 11.445 964.9293 TG 58:0|TG 16:0_18:0_24:0 [M+NH4]+ C61H118O6 TG 1.85 ± 0.27
187 11.137 962.9146 TG 58:1|TG 16:0_24:0_18:1 [M+NH4]+ C61H116O6 TG 33.88 ± 4.51
188 10.83 960.8977 TG 58:2|TG 16:0_24:0_18:2 [M+NH4]+ C61H114O6 TG 410.34 ± 71.01
189 10.481 958.8819 TG 58:3|TG 22:0_18:1_18:2 [M+NH4]+ C61H112O6 TG 97.2 ± 17.00
190 10.155 956.8651 TG 58:4|TG 22:0_18:2_18:2 [M+NH4]+ C61H110O6 TG 245.39 ± 42.5
191 9.836 954.8525 TG 58:5|TG 22:0_18:2_18:3 [M+NH4]+ C61H108O6 TG 13.39 ± 2.75
192 11.304 976.9302 TG 59:1|TG 16:0_25:0_18:1 [M+NH4]+ C62H118O6 TG 4.3 ± 0.62
193 11.01 974.9142 TG 59:2|TG 16:0_25:0_18:2 [M+NH4]+ C62H116O6 TG 48.72 ± 7.73
194 10.674 972.8973 TG 59:3|TG 23:0_18:1_18:2 [M+NH4]+ C62H114O6 TG 12.08 ± 2.99
195 10.344 970.8828 TG 59:4|TG 23:0_18:2_18:2 [M+NH4]+ C62H112O6 TG 39.24 ± 8.01
196 11.765 992.9612 TG 60:0|TG 16:0_20:0_24:0 [M+NH4]+ C63H122O6 TG 1.15 ± 0.28
197 11.465 990.9445 TG 60:1|TG 16:0_26:0_18:1 [M+NH4]+ C63H120O6 TG 8.11 ± 0.65
198 11.184 988.9325 TG 60:2|TG 16:0_26:0_18:2 [M+NH4]+ C63H118O6 TG 86.84 ± 5.72
199 10.851 986.9174 TG 60:3|TG 24:0_18:1_18:2 [M+NH4]+ C63H116O6 TG 46.77 ± 6.62
200 10.536 984.8977 TG 60:4|TG 24:0_18:2_18:2 [M+NH4]+ C63H114O6 TG 134.64 ± 16.89
201 10.243 982.8888 TG 60:5|TG 24:0_18:2_18:3 [M+NH4]+ C63H112O6 TG 6.53 ± 1.10
202 11.626 1004.964 TG 61:1|TG 18:0_25:0_18:1 [M+NH4]+ C64H122O6 TG 0.80 ± 0.07
203 11.346 1002.947 TG 61:2|TG 18:0_25:0_18:2 [M+NH4]+ C64H120O6 TG 7.92 ± 1.08
204 11.023 1000.929 TG 61:3|TG 25:0_18:1_18:2 [M+NH4]+ C64H118O6 TG 6.45 ± 1.03
205 10.731 998.915 TG 61:4|TG 25:0_18:2_18:2 [M+NH4]+ C64H116O6 TG 20.13 ± 3.34
206 12.064 1020.994 TG 62:0|TG 20:0_20:0_22:0 [M+NH4]+ C65H126O6 TG 1.39 ± 0.42
207 11.786 1018.98 TG 62:1|TG 18:0_26:0_18:1 [M+NH4]+ C65H124O6 TG 0.99 ± 0.04
208 11.514 1016.964 TG 62:2|TG 18:0_26:0_18:2 [M+NH4]+ C65H122O6 TG 9.31 ± 0.50
209 11.204 1014.949 TG 62:3|TG 26:0_18:1_18:2 [M+NH4]+ C65H120O6 TG 9.49 ± 0.85
210 10.908 1012.931 TG 62:4|TG 26:0_18:2_18:2 [M+NH4]+ C65H118O6 TG 20.87 ± 0.93
211 2.59 331.2843 MG 16:0 [M+H]+ C19H38O4 MG 1199.53 ± 168.11
212 3.09 359.3156 MG 18:0 [M+H]+ C21H42O4 MG 1711.34 ± 63.3
213 2.69 357.2999 MG 18:1 [M+H]+ C21H40O4 MG 51.45 ± 4.19
214 3.56 387.3469 MG 20:0 [M+H]+ C23H46O4 MG 39.13 ± 2.38

2.4. Lipids’ Content in Green Coffee

Since the mass spectra of lipids of the same class under the same detection conditions should be similar and comparable, the peak areas of the extracted ion chromatographic peaks from the primary mass spectra in green coffee were used in this experiment for the quantitative calculation of similar lipids, as shown in Figure 3.

Figure 3.

Figure 3

The composition of sterols, sphingosine, phospholipids, glycerides, and fatty acids in green coffee.

As shown in Figure 3, green coffee was mainly dominated by glycerides and fatty acids, 90.96 mg/g and 18.23 mg/g, respectively, followed by phospholipids 0.27 mg/g, sphingomyelin 0.076 mg/g, and sterols 0.016 mg/g, of which phospholipids were mainly PI and PC, with 0.188 mg/g and 0.066 mg/g, accounting for 70.38% and 24.70% of the total phospholipids, respectively. The sterols were mainly AHexSIS and SHex, with 0.007 mg/g and 0.005 mg/g, accounting for 44.68% and 33.64% of the total sterols, respectively. The sphingosine was mainly Cer_EOS at 0.056 mg/g, accounting for 73.69% of the total sphingosine. The glycerol esters were mainly TG with 74.632 mg/g, accounting for 82.04% of the total glycerol esters. Dietary triglycerides are the main component of vegetable oils, and their main functions are to supply and store energy, fix and protect internal organs, participate in the energy supply in several aspects of maternal and intrauterine fetal growth and development during pregnancy, and play a key role in lipid metabolism [16,17]. In addition to being absorbed by the body, gut microbes may also act upon dietary phospholipids to produce various phospholipids and choline. When the acetylcholine content in the brain increases, the speed of information transfer between nerve cells in the brain is accelerated and memory function is enhanced. In addition, intervention with phospholipid nutrients could improve the composition of arterial blood vessels, maintain esterase activity, improve the metabolism of lipids in the body, emulsify neutral esters and cholesterol deposited in the walls of blood vessels, promote the absorption of fats and fat-soluble vitamins, and improve intelligence and cellular activity [18,19], so green coffee is very rich in phospholipids and triglycerides and has a critical exploitation value.

Additionally, lipid composition and content vary significantly with raw materials, extraction processes, and other factors. Differential metabolites based on lipids can provide data support for food traceability [20,21], quality control during food processing, storage [22], etc. Wang et al. [23] used the phospholipid profiles of fish muscle to reveal the phospholipid oxidation and hydrolysis. Therefore, fish phospholipid molecules can be used as indicators of fish muscle freshness. Gao [24] used the UHPLC-MS method to screen 27 lipid molecules that could be used as biomarkers for identifying bacilli and fermented milk, providing a database for analyzing the effect of hot processing treatment on yogurt and fermented milk lipid quality. Liu et al. [25] demonstrated the efficiency of lipidomic analysis in identifying the geographic region and secretion period of goat milk in China. Similarly, this study’s results are instrumental in providing data support for the later identification of coffee species and the determination of used treatment processes.

3. Materials and Methods

3.1. Materials

Green coffee was provided by the Yunnan International Coffee Trading Center, made by wet processing technology, and originated from the variety of Catimor, which belongs to the Arabica coffee family. Triglyceride deuterium TAG 48:1 (15:0/18:1(D7)/15:0) and carbon XVII fatty acid methyl ester standard (internal standard) were purchased from Avanti Polar Lipids, pure chromatographic methanol, ammonia, chloroform, and hexane were purchased from Fisher, and chromatographic pure 10% ammonia was purchased from Shanghai Ampoule Experimental Technology Co. Ltd. (Shanghai, China). Chromatographic purity: dichloromethane for chromatographic purity was purchased from Sinopharm Chemical Reagent Co (Shanghai, China).

3.2. Methods

3.2.1. Determination of Fatty Acid Composition by Gas Chromatography

The method was performed according to Wei et al. [26,27] with some modification of the parameters. Then, 1–2 mg of green coffee powder was added to the headspace vial, and 50 μL of 5 mg/mL of the internal standard carbon XVII fatty acid methyl ester, 2 mL of 5% concentrated sulfuric acid methanol solution, and 300 μL of toluene were pipetted sequentially. The headspace vial with an aluminum cap with a Teflon pad was sealed with a crimper, mixed with slight shaking, and extracted in a water bath at 95 °C for 1.5 h. At the end of extraction, the mixture was cooled to room temperature, 2 mL of 0.9% NaCl solution was added, mixed well, 1 mL of hexane was added for extraction, and the supernatant was centrifuged at 5000 rpm for 5 min in the supernatant bottle.

The GC-MS analytical conditions were equipped with a hydrogen flame ionization detector and DB-Fast FAME column (7890A gas chromatograph tandem hydrogen flame ionization detector, Agilent, Santa Clara, CA, USA). A total of 1.0 μL of the sample was driven through the column under nitrogen gas with an inlet temperature of 250 °C and a splitting ratio of 20:1, in which the initial temperature of the column was 80 °C for 5 min, 165 °C with a 40 °C/min for 1 min, 230 °C with a 4 °C/min for 6 min, and the detector temperature was 260 °C.

3.2.2. Determination of Lipid Composition Using UPLC-TOF-MS/MS

The method was performed according to Xie et al. [28], with some modification of the parameters. Weigh approximately 20 mg of green coffee powder into a 10 mL tube, add 10 μL of 10 μg/mL of triglyceride deuterium internal standard and 2 mL of methanol, precipitate the protein overnight at −20 °C, add 2 mL of dichloromethane, vortex at 2000 rpm for 60 min and then add 2 mL of dichloromethane and 1.6 mL of ultrapure water, vortex and centrifuge, extract the lower clear, and add 4 mL of dichloromethane to extract the lower clear. The extraction was repeated twice, while the lower clear solution was collected three times. The supernatant was transferred into a 10 mL tube, blown dry with nitrogen, and then redissolved with 200 µL of dichloromethane/methanol (1:1, v/v), and the resulting solution was passed through a 0.22 μm organic filter membrane in the injection bottle for detection.

UPLC–mass spectrometry conditions of the chromatographic system: The analytical instrument was a Shimadzu UPLC LC-30A system (LC-30A liquid chromatograph, Shimadzu Corporation, Tokyo, Japan) equipped with a Phenomenex Kinete C18 column (100 × 2.1 mm, 2.6 µm). One microliter of the sample was pumped onto the column at a rate of 0.4 mL/min. The column temperature was 60 °C, and the sample chamber temperature was 4 °C. Gradient elution was performed using phase A (H2O:MeOH:ACN = 1:1:1, containing 5 mM NH4Ac) and phase B (isopropanol/acetonitrile = 5:1, containing 5 mM NH4Ac) with elution conditions of 20% B for 0.5 min, 40% B for 1.5 min, 60% B for 3 min, 98% B for 13 min, 20% B for 13 min, and 20% B for 17 min. In addition, the mass spectrometry system (Q-TOF-6600 Mass Spectrometer, AB Sciex, Concord, Ontario, Canada) was an AB Sciex TripleTOF® 6600 coupled with an ESI source in positive and negative modes. The mass number collected by mass spectrometry ranged from m/z 100 to 1200, the ion spray voltage was 5500.00 V(+)/−4500 V(−), and the temperature was 600 °C.

3.3. Data Processing

Freely available MSDIAL, version 4.00 (http://prime.psc.riken.jp/Metabolomics_Software/MS-DIAL/index2.html, accessed on 5 November 2021), and commercially available software packages, Peak View, Master View, and Multiquanta (SCIEX, Washington, DC, USA), were used for lipid profiling. For lipid identification, the MS/MS spectrum of each feature was matched by MS-DIAL software with an integrated LipidBlast database [18]. Qualitative analysis of shotgun-MS data was performed using Lipid View software (v2.0, ABSciex, Concord, Ontario, Canada). Software parameter settings: Mass Tolerance = 0.5, Min % Intensity = 1, Minimum S/N = 10, Flow Injection Average Spectrum from Top = 30% TIC, Total Double Bonds ≤12.

3.4. Statistical Analysis

All data in this study were repeatedly measured three times, and data were analyzed statistically and significantly using IBM SPSS Statics analysis software and plotted using Origin Pro 2021.

4. Conclusions

In this study, 214 lipids were isolated and identified from green coffee by UPLC-TOF MS for the first time. The lipid content of green coffee lipids was 111.48 mg/g. The lipid components mainly consisted of sterols, sphingomyelin, free fatty acids, glycerides, and phospholipids at 0.016 mg/g, 0.076 mg/g, 18.23 mg/g, 90.96 mg/g, and 0.27 mg/g, respectively. The method combined high sensitivity, scanning speed, accuracy, and reproducibility. It processed the TOF MS/MS spectral information with high accuracy, providing a reliable analytical platform for the analysis of the lipid components of green coffee.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization, Y.L. (Yijun Liu) and Y.L. (Yimin Li); software, X.F.; validation, L.L. and M.C.; formal analysis, Y.C.; data curation, Y.C. and Y.L. (Yijun Liu); writing—original draft preparation, Y.L. (Yijun Liu) and Y.L. (Yimin Li); writing—review and editing, M.C. and L.L.; funding acquisition, M.C. and L.L. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

Institutional Review Board Statement

Not applicable.

Informed Consent Statement

Not applicable.

Data Availability Statement

The data presented in this study are available on request from the corresponding author.

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest. The founding sponsors had no role in the study’s design, in the collection, analyses, or interpretation of data, in the writing of the manuscript, and in the decision to publish the results.

Sample Availability

Samples of the compounds are not available from the authors.

Funding Statement

This research was funded by [the Natural Science Foundation of the Hainan Province of China] grant number [320QN326], [the Guangdong Province Special Fund for Promoting High-Quality Economic Development] grant number [2110024000461], [the National and Industry Standard Formulation and Revision Project] grant number [NY/Y 604-2020].

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