Table 1.
Comparison of differential metabolites (flavonoids and terpenoids) between B. chinense and B. scorzonerifolium. (Metabolites were bold which were identical between BCYC vs. BSHC and BCZC vs. BSHC; the parameters used to select differential compounds were FC > 1, P-value < 0.05 and VIP > 1).
| Classification | BCYC vs. BSHC | BCZC vs. BSHC | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metabolites | FC | log2FC | regulated | Metabolites | FC | log2FC | regulated | |
| Flavonoids | 3-O-Acetylpinobanksin | 30,219.2540 | 14.8832 | Up | 3-O-Acetylpinobanksin | 170.9301 | 7.4173 | Up |
| Isorhamnetin-3-O-Glucoside | 13.1262 | 3.7144 | Up | Isorhamnetin-3-O-Glucoside | 7.9995 | 2.9999 | Up | |
| Isorhamnetin-7-O-glucoside (Brassicin) | 12.8224 | 3.6806 | Up | Isorhamnetin-7-O-glucoside (Brassicin) | 8.4943 | 3.0865 | Up | |
| 6-Hydroxykaempferol-7,6-O-Diglucoside | 6.8209 | 2.7700 | Up | 6-Hydroxykaempferol-7,6-O-Diglucoside | 5.9491 | 2.5727 | Up | |
| Isorhamnetin-3,7-O-diglucoside | 42.3666 | 5.4049 | Up | Isorhamnetin-3,7-O-diglucoside | 7.2311 | 2.8542 | Up | |
| Isorhamnetin-3-O-(6″-malonylglucoside)-7-O-glucoside | 18.6475 | 4.2209 | Up | Isorhamnetin-3-O-(6″-malonylglucoside)-7-O-glucoside | 10.4236 | 3.3818 | Up | |
| Kaempferol-4′-O-glucoside | 2.1497 | 1.1041 | Up | Isorhamnetin-3-O-arabinoside | 3.4432 | 1.7837 | Up | |
| Isorhamnetin-3-O-rutinoside-4'-O-glucoside | 5.2885 | 2.4029 | Up | Naringenin (5,7,4′-Trihydroxyflavanone) | 0.1817 | − 2.4603 | Down | |
| Chrysoeriol-6,8-di-C-glucoside-4'-O-glucoside | 5.2641 | 2.3962 | Up | Quercetin-3-O-rhamnoside (Quercitrin) | 0.0012 | − 9.6467 | Down | |
| Quercetin-3-O-(6″-galloyl) galactoside | 0.0012 | − 9.7275 | Down | Quercetin-3-O-(6″-malonyl) glucoside | 0.0018 | − 9.1241 | Down | |
| Terpenoids | 2α-Hydroxyursolic acid | 63,354.9360 | 15.9512 | Up | 2α-Hydroxyursolic acid | 9.8872 | 3.3056 | Up |
| Saikosaponin F | 0.4116 | − 1.2808 | Down | Saikosaponin F | 0.2868 | − 1.8017 | Down | |
| AcetylSaikosaponin F | 0.3244 | − 1.6240 | Down | AcetylSaikosaponin F | 2,159.7356 | 11.0766 | Up | |
| 11-Keto-ursolic acid | 0.0002 | − 12.4532 | Down | 11-Keto-ursolic acid | 0.0001 | − 13.3737 | Down | |
| 16-Keto-saikosaponin A | 6.6990 | 2.7439 | Up | Saikosaponin D | 0.3638 | − 1.4587 | Down | |
| Acetylsaikosaponin A | 0.0536 | − 4.2211 | Down | Saikosaponin A | 0.2847 | − 1.8124 | Down | |
| – | – | – | – | Saikosaponin B4 | 0.4879 | − 1.0352 | Down | |
| – | – | – | – | Centellasaponin B | 0.1527 | − 2.7114 | Down | |
| – | – | – | – | Saikosaponin I | 0.1878 | − 2.4130 | Down | |
| – | – | – | – | AcetylSaikosaponin I | 33.6037 | 5.0706 | Up | |
| – | – | – | – | 24,30-Dihydroxy-12(13)-enolupinol | 0.0004 | − 11.3474 | Down | |
| – | – | – | – | Saikosaponin G | 0.3392 | − 1.5598 | Down | |