Research Article

The Evaluation of Toxicity Induced by Psoraleae Fructus in Rats Using Untargeted Metabonomic Method Based on UPLC-Q-TOF/MS

Table 1

Potential toxic biomarkers of Psoraleae Fructus.

Number (min)Obsd Calcd ppmMetaboliteFormulaChange MS/MS

(1)0.80241.0309241.0317−3.32Cystine241.0
121.9
119.9

(2)0.82162.1134162.11302.47Carnitine162.1
103.0

(3)0.8590.055390.05494.44Alanine90.0
72.0

(4)1.00169.0360169.0362−1.18Uric acid169.0
152.0 [M + H − NH3]+
126.0 [M + H − CHNO]+
96.0 [M + H − C2H3NO2]+

(5)1.01182.0819182.08171.10Tyrosine182.0
164.1 [M + H − H2O]+
136.1 [M + H − C2H6O]+

(6)5.63494.3248494.32470.20LPC (16 : 1)494.3 [M + H]+
476.3   
184.1
104.1

(7)5.80590.3224590.32230.17LPC (22 : 6)590.3 [M + Na]+
568.3 [M + H]+
184.0 ]+
104.1

(8)5.85478.2952478.29343.76LPE (18 : 2)478.3
337.3

(9)6.22496.3413496.34032.01LPC (16 : 0)496.3 [M + H]+
184.0
104.1

(10)6.38546.3564546.35600.73LPC (20 : 3)546.4
528.4
184.1
104.1

(11)6.46400.3430400.34270.75Palmitoyl carnitine400.3
341.2
144.1
85.0

(12)6.64303.2322303.23007.26Linoleic acid303.2
281.2 [M + H]+
124.0 []+

(13)7.12548.3718548.37160.36LPC (20 : 2)548.3
184.0
104.1

: content increased; : content decreased.