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Record W4415556601 · doi:10.1016/j.phyplu.2025.100908

Metabolite profiling, cytotoxicity, liver ROS detoxifiers and acetylcholinesterase inhibitors from Trachyandra ciliata L.F. (Kunth) (wild cabbage)

2025· article· en· W4415556601 on OpenAlex
Sihle Ngxabi, Avela Sogoni, Nasifu Kerebba, Rialet Pieters, Suranie Horn, John P. Giesy, Learnmore Kambizi, Charles Petrus Laubscher, Muhali Olaide Jimoh

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Bibliographic record

VenuePhytomedicine Plus · 2025
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldMedicine
TopicHerbal Medicine Research Studies
Canadian institutionsUniversity of Saskatchewan
FundersNational Research Foundation
KeywordsCiliataMetaboliteHalophyteReactive oxygen speciesPhytochemicalVerbenaceaeFormazan

Abstract

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• For the first time, Metabolite profiling, cytotoxicity, liver ROS detoxifiers and acetylcholinesterase inhibitors from Trachyandra ciliata were evaluated in quest to discover more plant-based nutraceuticals for the treatment of chronic diseases. • A total of 71 compounds were observed. • Root extract obtained from 0 mM salinity treatment at 0.5 mg/mL extract concentration showed moderate toxicity to H4IIE- luc cells, while it was non-cytotoxic (> 80 %) to non-cancer cells. • Ethanolic extracts of flower buds from plants grown under 100 mM NaCl and roots from plants grown under 100 and 150 mM NaCl had higher anti-AChE activity. • These findings suggest that T. ciliata could potentially be a therapeutic agent for the treatment of cancer, Alzheimer's disease, and liver disorders. Wild cabbage ( Trachyandra ciliata ) is one of the understudied, wild, edible halophytes from South Africa. Although its edibility has recently been validated, its therapeutic potential was yet to be explored. This research was carried out to profile and characterise the phytochemical content of T. ciliata extracts and evaluate its potential as a therapeutic agent for cancer, acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibition and reactive oxygen species (ROS) scavenging in the liver. Cuttings of T. ciliata were grown under 0, 50, 100, 150, and 200 mM salinity concentrations. The ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography mass spectrometry (UHPLC-MS) was employed to quantify and characterise metabolites in leaves, roots, and flower buds of T. ciliata . The yellow dye 3-(4,5-dimethyltiazol-2yl)-2,5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide (MTT), Ellman's colourimetric method, and the 2′,7′-dichlorodihydrofluorescein diacetate assay (H 2 DCF-DA) were respectively employed to evaluate cytotoxicity, AChE antagonism, and ROS scavenging of the extracts of T. ciliata . A total of 71 compounds were observed, which were grouped into flavonoids, anthocyanins, alkaloids, nucleobase, nucleosides/tide, saccharides, fatty acids, amino acids, and coumarins. A concentration of 1 mg/mL of extracts of T. ciliata flower buds prepared from plants grown at 0 mM and 100 mM salinity, showed strong cytotoxicity to cancer cells, however, the extracts also had moderate and weak cytotoxicity to non-cancer cells. All extracts inhibited AChE activity. Moreover, ROS scavenging was mainly observed primarily in the extracts of leaves from plants grown at all salinities, and in the extract of roots from plants grown at 0 mM salinity treatment. A maiden documentation of anticancer, acetylcholinesterase inhibition, and ROS scavenging activity of crude extracts of T. ciliata was achieved in this study. These findings suggest that T. ciliata could be a potential therapeutic agent for the treatment of cancer, Alzheimer's disease, and liver disorders, amidst the quest to develop more plant-based pharmaceuticals for the treatment of chronic diseases.

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Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.001
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.002
Version: codex-gemma-dda1882f352aValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesMeta-epidemiology (narrow)
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Observational · Consensus signal: Observational
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.120
Threshold uncertainty score1.000

Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0010.002
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0010.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0010.000
Bibliometrics0.0010.001
Science and technology studies0.0000.001
Scholarly communication0.0000.000
Open science0.0000.000
Research integrity0.0000.001
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0000.000

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Opus teacher head0.024
GPT teacher head0.324
Teacher spread0.301 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it