Metabolite‐Driven Biological Activity of Mandragora autumnalis and Spartium junceum: A Comparative LC‐MS/MS Study on Antioxidant, Cholinesterase, and Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibition
Kubra Aslan, Esra Elbir, Yusuf Bicakci, Silanur Ozdogan, Mustafa Abdullah Yilmaz, Ilhami Gulcin · 2026
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Aslan and a team in Türkiye set in 2026 two famed but toxic plants side by side under a mass scan lens, to map which compounds drive their acts. One was mandrake, Mandragora autumnalis, long used as a sleep and pain herb. The other was Spanish broom, Spartium junceum, a shrub with its own folk cure past. The scan split their brews by compound, and a bank of dish tests scored rust fight and enzyme blocks.
The two brews split clean. Mandrake leaned on small phenolic acids, with one acid at its head, and fought rust far harder than the broom. Its dose to halve a test rust load sat near a tenth of the broom's. Mandrake also blocked two enzymes of note more strongly. The broom leaned on flavonoid class goods, and its block strength sat with a third enzyme. Both brews curbed some germs in a first screen.
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| CREATOR | Kubra Aslan, Esra Elbir, Yusuf Bicakci, Silanur Ozdogan, Mustafa Abdullah Yilmaz, Ilhami Gulcin |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 54 KB |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |