Table 4 Non-volatile compound content in symptomatic and healthy Valencia orange fruit

From: Proteomic and metabolomic analyses provide insight into the off-flavour of fruits from citrus trees infected with ‘Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus’

TMS derivative (µg g–1)

Rt (min)

Ion model (m/z)

Healthy fruits

Symptomatic fruits

P-value

Sugars

  Arabinose (TMS)4

29.37

307

1.99 ± 0.39

2.36 ± 1.24

6.44E–01

  Fructose (TMS)5

34.87/35.13

307

344.81 ± 14.02

290.44 ± 35.07

6.73E–02

  Glucose (TMS)5

35.47/35.85

319

263.22 ± 10.38

210.59 ± 20.79

1.72E–02

  Mannitol (TMS)6

36.21

319

1.33 ± 0.13

1.84 ± 0.78

3.31E–01

  Myo-inositol (TMS)6

39.81

305

102.25 ± 6.45

96.87 ± 5.12

3.21E–01

  Ribose (TMS)4

29.79

307

0.42 ± 0.03

0.54 ± 0.11

1.25E–01

  Sucrose (TMS)8

51.29

361

379.52 ± 24.37

277.33 ± 47.93

3.02E–02

  l-Xylose (TMS)4

29.22

307

3.36 ± 0.58

2.95 ± 0.14

3.01E–01

Organic acids

  Citric acid (TMS)4

33.28

273

144.80 ± 8.10

135.38 ± 11.97

3.60E–01

  Fumaric acid (TMS)2

19.12

245

0.07 ± 0.01

0.10 ± 0.00

3.54E–03

  Malic acid (TMS)3

23.96

245

66.29 ± 9.75

60.19 ± 3.14

3.61E–01

  Quinic acid (TMS)5

34.45

345

13.91 ± 0.69

16.69 ± 0.28

2.99E–03

  Succinic acid (TMS)2

18.08

247

0.32 ± 0.04

0.49 ± 0.13

8.30E–02

Amino acids

  d-Alanine (TMS)2

10.55

116

0.74 ± 0.07

0.82 ± 0.05

1.94E–01

  l-Asparagine (TMS)3

29.13

232

7.29 ± 2.94

16.62 ± 12.73

2.84E–01

  l-Aspartic acid (TMS)3

24.89

188

9.29 ± 2.38

8.99 ± 8.23

9.55E–01

  d-Glutamic acid (TMS)3

27.70

246

3.45 ± 0.61

2.98 ± 1.47

6.34E–01

  Glycine (TMS)3

17.83

174

0.91 ± 0.09

1.20 ± 0.25

1.39E–01

  l-Leucine (TMS)2

16.75

158

0.04 ± 0.01

0.07 ± 0.02

1.07E–01

  l-Phenylalanine (TMS)2

27.64

218

0.71 ± 0.14

1.28 ± 0.59

1.80E–01

  l-Proline (TMS)2

17.43

142

6.51 ± 1.21

7.84 ± 2.16

4.03E–01

  l-Serine (TMS)3

19.91

204

0.76 ± 0.03

1.32 ± 0.36

5.31E–02

  l-Threonine (TMS)3

20.78

101

0.06 ± 0.00

0.19 ± 0.08

5.84E–02

  l-Tryptophan (TMS)3

42.15

202

0.18 ± 0.05

0.30 ± 0.20

3.85E–01

  l-Valine (TMS)2

14.72

144

0.25 ± 0.03

0.30 ± 0.04

1.56E–01

  1. Rt retention time