Metabolomics Analysis of Phenolic Composition and Content in Five Pear Cultivars Leaves
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results
2.1. Qualitative Analysis of Metabolites in Leaves
2.2. Quantitative Analysis and Trend Assessment of Metabolite Expression Levels
2.3. Screening and Analysis of Differential Metabolites
2.4. K-Means Analysis of Differential Metabolites
2.5. KEGG Analysis of Differential Metabolites
2.6. Differential Metabolite Correlation Analysis
2.7. Evaluation of Antioxidant Capacity of Leaves
3. Discussion
4. Materials and Methods
4.1. Plant Material
4.2. Metabolite Extraction
4.3. Chromatography Mass Spectrometry
4.4. Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Metabolites
4.5. Differential Metabolite Screening
4.6. Heatmap and Venn Analysis
4.7. K-Means Analysis
4.8. KEGG Analysis
4.9. DPPH (1,1-Diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl Radical) Analysis
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Jiao, H.; Guan, Q.; Dong, R.; Ran, K.; Wang, H.; Dong, X.; Wei, S. Metabolomics Analysis of Phenolic Composition and Content in Five Pear Cultivars Leaves. Plants 2024, 13, 2513. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13172513
Jiao H, Guan Q, Dong R, Ran K, Wang H, Dong X, Wei S. Metabolomics Analysis of Phenolic Composition and Content in Five Pear Cultivars Leaves. Plants. 2024; 13(17):2513. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13172513
Chicago/Turabian StyleJiao, Huijun, Qiuzhu Guan, Ran Dong, Kun Ran, Hongwei Wang, Xiaochang Dong, and Shuwei Wei. 2024. "Metabolomics Analysis of Phenolic Composition and Content in Five Pear Cultivars Leaves" Plants 13, no. 17: 2513. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13172513