Table 2 1H NMR (D2O, ref: DSS, pH 7, 400 MHz) chemical shifts of the identified metabolites, their presence, and relative abundances (%) in respective fractions F5-F8 and crude HO-2020.

From: Belgian endive-derived biostimulants promote shoot and root growth in vitro

No.

Group

Metabolites

Chemical shifts δ (ppm)

F5 (%)

F6 (%)

F7 (%)

F8 (%)

HO-2020 (%)

 

Amino acids

       

1

 

l-Alanine

1.48 (d, CH3); 3.78a (α-CH)

(1.5)

(1.2)

(1.3)

(2.2)

(1.5)

2

l-Aspartate

2.67 (m, β-CH); 2.80 (dd, β’-CH); 3.89a (α-CH)

 

(< 0.1)

 

(0.7)

(1.7)

3

l-Arginine

1.7 (m, γ-CH2); 1.9 (m, β-CH2); 3.23 (t, δ-CH2); 3.72a (α-CH)

(5.9)

 

(6.3)

  
 

Sugars

       

4

 

1-Kestose

5.41 (d, CH-1)

(24.2)

(13.5)

(19.1)

(28.4)

(12.4)

5

β-d-Glucose

3.24 (t, CH-2); 4.64 (d, CH-1)

(4.9)

(19.8)

(16.1)

(5.2)

(24.2)

6

α-d-Glucose

5.22 (d, CH-1)

(6.3)

(1.1)

(3.4)

(2.9)

(18.7)

7

Sucrose

3.46 (t, CH-7); 5.41 (d, CH-1)

(37.6)

(17.0)

(33.6)

(40.9)

 
 

Organic acids

       

8

 

Malate

2.39 (m, β-CH); 2.66 (dd, β’-CH); 4.29a (α-CH)

(19)

(14.4)

(19.7)

(6.1)

(15.7)

9

Citrate

2.53 (d); 2.67 (m)

 

(3.1)

 

(3.2)

(10.5)

10

Lactate

1.32 (d, CH3)

 

(18.8)

 

(1.0)

(3.4)

11

Acetate

1.91 (s, CH3)

 

(10)

 

(8.1)

(9.5)

12

Fumarate

6.5 (s, β-CH = CH)

 

(0.2)

 

(0.2)

(0.7)

13

Formate

8.44 (s, HCOOH)

 

(0.4)

 

(0.7)

(0.4)

 

Other compounds

       

14

 

Choline

3.19 (s)

(0.6)

(0.4)

(0.5)

(0.4)

(1.4)

  1. aNMR signals identified by COSY and TOCSY.