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Table 1 Metabolites identified in the non-polar and polar fractions after multi-fractional extractions

From: Non-targeted discovery of high-value bio-products in Nicotiana glauca L: a potential renewable plant feedstock

 

Compound class

Metabolites

Non polar fraction

Alkane

C27H56, C29H60, C30H62, C31H64, C33H68, C25H52, C32H66

Free fatty acid

C12:0, C14:0, C15:0, C16:0, C17:0, C18:2 cis9,12 C18:3, C18:0, C20:0, C22:0, C24:0, C26:0

Fatty acid methyl esther

C16:0, C18:3, C18:2 trans 9,12, C18:0, C20:0, C22:0, C24:0,

Fatty acid alcohol

Tetracosanol, 1-hexadecanol, 1-octadecanol

Glycerolipid

Glycero-2-C16:0, glycero-1-C18:0, glycero-1-C16:0

Sterol

campesterol, stigmasterol, β-sitosterol

Triterpenoid

Squalene

Tocopherol

α-Tocopherol

Polar fraction

Amino acid

4-Hydroxyproline, arginine, aspartate, β-alanine, GABA, glutamate, glutamine, glycine, histidine, isoleucine, leucine, methionine, ornithine, phenylalanine, pyroglutamate, threonine, tyrosine, valine, slanine, asparagine, lysine, proline, serine, tryptophan

Organic acid

Dehydroascorbate, fumarate, malate, quinate, succinate, threonate, 2-oxoglutarate, citrate,

Sugar

Galactinol, glucose, raffinose, ribitol, sucrose, trehalose, fructose,

Sugar acid

Glycerate

Sugar alcohol

Erytritol, myo-inositol

Other

Putrescine, tyramine, urea, benzoate, guanidine

  1. List of metabolites that were detected and identified based upon similarity of mass spectra. For more exhaustive list and abundance of each of the identified metabolites referred to Additional file 1: Table S1 and S2