Detection of metabolites was done by using a high-performance liquid chromatograph (HPLC) 1260 Infinity Series (Agilent Technologies, Santa Clara, USA) equipped with a DAD (Diode Array Detector) system (Agilent Technologies, Santa Clara, USA) and coupled to a quadrupole-time of flight (Q-TOF) mass spectrometer (Agilent Technologies, Santa Clara, USA) with a Dual ESI source (Agilent Technologies, Santa Clara, USA). HPLC, UV and MS and parameters were calibrated by the Agilent Mass Hunter Data Acquisition Software, rev. B.05.01 (Agilent Technologies, Santa Clara, USA). Chromatographic separation was performed following the method reported by Comite et al.56 (link) Among the detected molecules, only those with a mass error below 10 ppm and a sufficient score were reported (identification score > 80).
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