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Table 1 Percent occurrence, retention time and mass signal of bufadienolides in common toad tadpoles

From: Age- and environment-dependent changes in chemical defences of larval and post-metamorphic toads

Compound name

Percent occurrence of bufadienolide compounds

retention time (min)

m/z [M + H]+

stage 19

stage 28

stage 34

stage 38

stage 46

Arenobufagin

10

67.5

90

95

43.6

4.5

417.2

Bufalin

-

25

40

60

56.4

14.5

387.25

Bufotalin

5

97.5

95

97.5

100

9.5

445.3

Gamabufotalin

-

-

15

35

51.3

3.5

403.25

Resibufogenin

-

12.5

5

17.5

15.4

19

385.25

Telocinobufagin

22.5

37.5

47.5

70

100

8.7

403.25

unidentified bufadienolide 1

-

100

100

100

100

6.6

729.35

unidentified bufadienolide 2

2.5

95

92.5

95

100

7.5

727.3

unidentified bufadienolide 3

-

5

-

2.5

51.3

9.6

729

unidentified bufadienolide 4

-

92.5

100

100

100

10.6

715

unidentified bufadienolide 5

-

10

12.5

5

-

11.8

627.4

unidentified bufadienolide 6

-

72.5

72.5

60

94.9

12.3

713.3

unidentified bufadienolide 7

-

12.5

25

2.5

53.8

12.9

671.35

unidentified bufadienolide 8

-

85

90

85

76.9

13

743

unidentified bufadienolide 9

-

75

85

85

-

16.7

671.4

unidentified bufadienolide 10

-

100

85

82.5

97.4

16.9

757.3

unidentified bufadienolide 11

7.5

40

75

87.5

66.7

6

415.3

unidentified bufadienolide 12

2.5

100

97.5

100

56.4

18.6

573.15

unidentified bufadienolide 13

2.5

100

100

100

28.2

20

571.1

unidentified bufadienolide 14

-

100

100

95

82.1

21.7

367.1

unidentified bufadienolide 15

2.5

85

25

10

15.4

22.9

365.1

unidentified bufadienolide 16

-

100

100

97.5

84.6

24.6

601.15

  1. Compounds represented by "-" were not detectable by HPLC-DAD-MS in any of the samples