Research Article

UPLC-QTOF/MS-Based Lipidomic Profiling of Liver Qi-Stagnation and Spleen-Deficiency Syndrome in Patients with Hyperlipidemia

Table 3

Identification results of varying ions and their change trend of hyperlipidemia and healthy volunteers.

NORetention TimeMassGroup 1 ContentGroup 2 ContentFactor of ChangeVIPvalueChange TrendIdentified potential BiomarkerLipid ClassIon

18.03758.56514.7339±1.8690.61515±0.69427.74.76901PE(22:2/15:0)GlycerophospholipidM+H
214.1758.565624.4239±7.367516.0367±4.12111.519.6218PC(16:0/18:2)GlycerophospholipidM+H
315.4769.59152.8041±0.82252.3896±0.87051.27.40167PG(18:3/18:2)GlycerophospholipidM+H
416.15540.48260.2268±0.06740.1447±0.03681.64.95507Cer(d18:0/16:0)SphingomyelinM+H
518.05760.577724.6892±1.45258.4016±1.62072.916.1507PE(22:1/15:0)GlycerophospholipidM+H
614.32832.602121.9211±6.425513.9741±3.90311.64.2825PE(15:0/24:1)GlycerophospholipidM+FA-H
714.37804.562844.7529±12.421525.7829±2.64711.72.48245PC(22:6/16:0)GlycerophospholipidM+FA-H

Group 1: hyperlipidemia. Group 2: healthy volunteers.↑ indicated the concentrations compared to the other group are increasing. ↓ indicated the concentrations compared to the other group are reducing. P<0.05 and P<0.01. PE: phosphatidylethanolamine; PC: phosphatidylcholine; PG: phosphatidylglycerol; Cer: ceramide.