Table 3 Phytochemicals identified in methanolic extracts of endemic plants species after LC–MS in negative ionization mode.

From: Extracts of select endemic plants from the Republic of Mauritius exhibiting anti-cancer and immunomodulatory properties

*Peak no

Rt (min)

Deprotonated [M − H] M/Z value

Deprotonated molecular formula

Secondary metabolites

Psiadia lithospermifolia

1

21.6

485.31479

C26H45O8

Unidentified

2

22.32

485.31381

C26H46O8

Diterpene

3

22.87

293.21317

C18H29O3

Fatty acid

4

23.6

321.24426

C20H33O3

Diterpene

5

23.95

295.22873

C18H32O3

Fatty acid

6

24.97

471.35013

C30H47O4

Triterpenes

Psiadia arguta

7

14.64

515.12268

C25 H23O12

Hydroxycinnamic acid

8

17.79

419.10049

C13 H23 O15

Unidentified

9

18.67

567.28558

C29H43O11

Glycosides

10

19.81

373.09540

C12 H22 O13

Unidentified

11

20.04

403.10489

C20 H19O9

Flavonols

12

25.0

323.25977

C20H35O3

Labdanolic acid

13

25.27

355.28690

C21H39O4

Oleic acid

Diospyros nodosa

14

5.24

345.08362

C14H17O10

Bergenin hydrate

15

8.93

327.07324

C14 H15 O9

Bergenin

16

13.06

421.11588

C20 H21 O10

Carboxylic acid

17

13.18

417.08453

C20 H17 O10

Flavonols

18

14.72

447.13007

C22 H23 O10

Flavanone glucosides

19

15.95

439.11023

C16 H23 O14

Carboxylic acid

20

22.05

487.34674

C30 H47 O5

Pentacyclic triterpenoid

Mimusops balata

21

9.76

577.13873

C30 H25 O12

Proanthocyanidins

22

10.66

479.08511

C21 H19 O13

Flavonoid glycosides

23

11.40

463.08920

C21 H19 O12

Glycosyloxyflavone

24

12.24

477.10410

C22 H21 O12

Flavonoid-7-o-glycosides

25

13.23

461.10907

C22 H21 O11

Isoflavone

26

18.43

503.33975

C30 H47 O6

Pentacyclic triterpenoid

Sideroxylon cinereum

27

11.48

463.09064

C21 H19 O12

Unidentified

28

12.05

433.07877

C20 H17 O11

Quercetin O-glycoside

29

17.60

501.32443

C30 H45 O6

Triterpenoids

30

20.96

487.34515

C30 H47 O5

Pentacyclic triterpenoid

31

22.96

293.21317

C18 H29 O3

Lineolic acids

Erythroxylum laurifolium

32

13.24

543.13202

C30 H23 O10

Proanthocyanidin

33

16.35

329.23541

C18 H33 O5

Fatty acids

34

24.0

295.22910

C18 H31 O3

Linoleic acid

35

24.99

323.26004

C20 H35 O3

Fatty acid

  1. *Peak numbers are represented on LC–MS chromatograms (positive mode) in Fig. 13.