Skip to main content
. 2022 Sep 8;11(18):2769. doi: 10.3390/foods11182769

Table 2.

Phenolic compounds identified in oat samples by HPLC-ESI-QTOF-MS.

Class Sub-class Compound Formula Fragments OG OH SO EH1-OH EH2-OH
Error Fraction Error Fraction Error Fraction Error Error
Phenolic acids Hydroxybenzoic acids Protocatechuic acid C7H6O4 151, 136, 112 -4.34 FP n.d. n.d. 3.46 BP n.d. n.d.
Hydroxybenzoic acid C7H6O3 135, 125, 121 -3.49 BP -2.05 FP 4.47 BP n.d. 3.75
Hydroxycinnamic acids Ferulic acid C10H10O4 178, 149, 134 -1.89 BP 57.88 BP 0.17 BP 2.23 1.2
p-Coumaric acid C9H8O3 119 n.d. n.d. -2.64 BP n.d. n.d. 1.63 -2.03
Sinapic acid C11H12O5 208 -2.24 BP n.d. n.d. -0.91 BP n.d. n.d.
Avenantrahamide 2c C16H13NO6 270, 178, 161 n.d. n.d. -0.28 FP 0.99 FP-BP n.d. n.d.
Avenanthramide 2p C16H13NO5 254, (226), (160) n.d. n.d. -4.03 FP 9.01 FP n.d. n.d.
Avenanthramide 2f C17H15NO6 284 -2.25 FP -2.55 FP 1.4 FP-BP n.d. n.d.
Diferulic isomer 1 C20H18O8 341, (282), 193, (112) -1.58 BP n.d. n.d. 1.79 BP n.d. n.d.
Diferulic isomer 2 C20H18O8 359, 341, 326 -3.65 BP n.d. n.d. -1.58 BP n.d. n.d.
Diferulic isomer 4 C20H18O8 341, 326, 282, 248, 227 -3.39 BP n.d. n.d. -2.35 BP n.d. n.d.
Diferulic isomer 5 C20H18O8 347, 313, 261, 217, 193, 178 -4.69 BP n.d. n.d. -0.54 BP n.d. n.d.
Diferulic isomer 6 C20H18O8 341, 303, 239, 193, 178 -0.54 BP n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d.
Caffeic acid C9H8O4 (165), 135, 127 -5.1 FP-BP 7.68 BP -1.76 BP -2.32 -5.1
Isoferulic acid C10H10O4 178, 149, 134 -1.38 BP n.d. n.d. -0.35 BP n.d. n.d.
1-O-Sinapoyl-beta-D-glucose C17H22O10 216, 162, 119 -0.98 FP n.d. n.d. -0.46 FP n.d. n.d.
Flavonoids Flavones Apigenin-6-C-arabinoside-8-C-hexoside III C26H28O14 221, 137 n.d. n.d. -1.19 FP 0.05 FP n.d. n.d.
Others Hydroxybenzaldehyde acids 4-Hydroxybenzaldehyde C7H6O2 (112) 0.84 BP -3.25 FP-BP 0.84 BP 1.66 -8.99

Abbreviations: OG: oat grain, OH: oat hulls, SO: sprouted oat, EH1-OH: enzymatic hydrolysate oat hulls with UltraFloXL, EH2-OH: enzymatic hydrolysate oat hulls with Viscoferm, FP: free polyphenols fraction, BP: bound polyphenols fraction, n.d.: not detected. Fragments in parentheses are minority. Error expressed in ppm.