Comparison of chemical profiles between the root and aerial parts from three Bupleurum species based on a UHPLC-QTOF-MS metabolomics approach

Table 3 List of compounds (9 entities) that are distinguished between root and aerial parts at p < 0.001 and fold change (FC) > 3

Peak No.	Compounds	R.T. (mins)	p-value	Log FC
3	Isoquercitrin	7.30	2.09 × 10⁻⁶	−15.798277
23	Malonyl-Ssf	15.37	7.41 × 10⁻⁶	15.704748
28	Saikosaponin a	17.83	6.74 × 10⁻⁶	17.776505
32	Malonyl-Ssa	19.01	6.61 × 10⁻⁶	16.194246
43	Saikosaponin d	22.62	7.21 × 10⁻⁶	17.776505
44	Acetyl-Ssd	23.60	7.90 × 10⁻⁶	15.572599
45	Malonyl-Ssd	23.85	1.33 × 10⁻¹⁶	20.250618
46	Acetyl-Ssd	24.22	6.35 × 10⁻⁶	17.99062
52	Dimalonyl-acetyl-Ssd	26.52	6.61 × 10⁻⁶	16.017168

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