Table 3 MALDI-TOF-MS analysis of proanthocyanidins in leaf and root of tea plant

From: Analysis of accumulation patterns and preliminary study on the condensation mechanism of proanthocyanidins in the tea plant [Camellia sinensis]

DP

Composition

Interflavan bond

Observed [M + Cs]+

Calculated [M + Cs]+

di

tri

gallate

A Type

B Type

Leaf

Root

3

3

0

0

0

2

999.1504

999.3355

999

3

0

0

2

0

995.1264

—

995

2

1

0

0

2

1015.1246

—

1015

2

1

0

2

0

1011.0491

—

1011

1

2

0

0

2

1031.1058

—

1031

0

3

0

0

2

1047.1108

—

1047

3

0

1

0

2

1151.1466

—

1151

3

0

1

2

0

1147.0060

—

1147

2

1

1

0

2

1167.1640

—

1167

2

1

1

2

0

1163.0302

—

1163

0

3

1

0

2

1183.1965

—

1183

0

3

1

1

1

1181.0724

—

1181

0

3

1

2

0

1179.0103

—

1179

4

4

0

0

0

3

1287.2284

1287.4182

1287

3

1

0

0

3

1303.2343

—

1303

2

2

0

0

3

1319.1621

—

1319

1

3

0

0

3

1335.1359

—

1335

0

4

0

0

3

1351.1807

—

1351

4

0

1

0

3

1439.2525

—

1439

3

1

1

0

3

1455.3804

—

1455

2

2

1

0

3

1471.2207

—

1471

1

3

1

0

3

1487.1755

—

1487

5

5

0

0

0

4

1575.2790

1575.5575

1575

4

1

0

0

4

1591.2459

—

1591

5

0

1

0

4

1727.3015

—

1727

6

6

0

0

0

5

1863.3315

1863.6723

1863

5

1

0

0

5

1879.3359

—

1879

4

2

0

0

5

1895.3481

—

1895

6

0

1

0

5

2015.9421

—

2015

7

7

0

0

0

6

2152.3955

2151.7832

2151

6

1

0

0

6

2167.4018

—

2167

8

8

0

0

0

7

2440.4849

2439.8506

2439

9

9

0

0

0

8

2728.4940

2727.9653

2727

10

10

0

0

0

9

—

3016.0829

3016

11

11

0

0

0

10

—

3305.0805

3305

12

12

0

0

0

11

—

3593.3321

3593

  1. Notes: di, di- hydroxyl groups in the B-ring; tri, tri- hydroxyl groups in the B-ring; gallate, gallate groups in the C-ring at C3.