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Table 1 Main taxanes found in yew needles and patient blood and their mass spectrometric characteristics

From: A suicide attempt by intoxication with Taxus baccata leaves and ultra-fast liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization-tandem mass spectrometry, analysis of patient serum and different plant samples: case report

No

Compound name

[M + H]+

MRM transitions

CE

Yew 1

Yew 2

Serum

1

Paclitaxel (TaxolA)

854.2

854.2 > 286.1 > 105.0

48

ND

ND

ND

2

10-Deacetyltaxol (DAT)

812.2

812.2 > 286.1 > 105.0

48

ND

ND

ND

3

Baccatin III (BAC III)

587.0

587.0 > 327 > 105.0

65

+

ND

ND

4

10-Deacetylbaccatin III (DAB)

545.0

545.0 > 327 > 105.0

58

ND

ND

ND

5

Cephalomannine (Taxol B)

832.3

832.3 > 509 > 264

20

+

ND

ND

6

3,5-Dimethoxyphenol (3,5-DMP)

155.2

155.2 > 123.1 > 112.1

25

+++

++

+++

7

Monoacetyltaxine (MAT)

568.4

568.4 > 194.1 > 107.2

40

++

+

ND

8

Taxine B/Isotaxine B

584.2

584.2 > 194.1 > 107.2

40

+++

++

+

9

Monohydroxydiacetyltaxine (MHDAT)

626.4

626.4 > 194.2 > 106.8

45

+

+

ND

10

Triacetyltaxine (TAT)

652.3

652.3 > 194.1 > 107.2

45

++

+

ND

11

Monohydroxytriacetyltaxine (MHTAT)

668.4

668.4 > 107.2 > 103.1

48

++

+

ND

12

Taxine A

642.2

642.2 > 194.1 > 106.8

44

+

+

ND

13

2-Deacetyltaxin A

602.2

602.2 > 194.1 > 106.8

35

+

+

ND

14

Taxicatine

317.3

317.3 > 155.2

16

++

+

ND

  1. CE energy [eV] of collision-induced dissociation, MRM multiple-reaction monitoring (positive ESI), ND not detected