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ArticleScientific reports2025

UPLC-qTOF-MS/MS profiling of phenolic compounds in Fagonia arabica L. and evaluation of their cholinesterase inhibition potential through in-vitro and in-silico approaches.

Sarah A Badawy, Ahmed R Hassan, Marwa S Abu Bakr, Abd El-Salam I Mohammed

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Sarah A BadawyMedicinal and Aromatic Plants Department, Desert Research Center, El-Matariya 11753, Cairo, Egypt. sarahahmed.2252@azhar.edu.eg.
Ahmed R HassanMedicinal and Aromatic Plants Department, Desert Research Center, El-Matariya 11753, Cairo, Egypt.
Marwa S Abu BakrDepartment of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy (for Girls), Al-Azhar University, Nasr City, Cairo, 11651, Egypt.
Abd El-Salam I MohammedDepartment of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy (for Boys), Al-Azhar University, Nasr City, Cairo, 13129, Egypt.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fagonia arabica L. is a widely used traditional medicinal herb. This study explored the flavonoid and phenolic acid content in the aerial parts of F. arabica, leading to the tentative identification of 42 compounds using Ultra-Performance Liquid Chromatography-Quadrupole Time-of-Flight Mass/Mass Spectrometry and analyzed with the phytochemical-focused RIKEN tandem mass spectral database (ReSpect) for identification based on authentic standards. The total phenolic and flavonoid content was measured in the ethyl acetate and butanol fractions. The flavonoid content in the ethyl acetate fraction was 101 ± 1.43 µg Rutin/mg, compared to 6.48 ± 0.29 µg rutin/mg in the butanol fraction. Similarly, the ethyl acetate fraction contained 199.14 ± 1.58 µg gallic acid/mg, while the butanol fraction had 47.69 ± 0.54 µg gallic acid/mg. Also, the study demonstrated the effectiveness of the different fractions of Fagonia arabica L. in inhibiting the butyrylcholinesterase enzyme, which is a key contributor to the progression of Alzheimer's disease. At a concentration of 0.45 mg/mL, the ethyl acetate fraction showed the highest efficiency, inhibiting butyrylcholinesterase by 50% (IC

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Cholinesterase InhibitorsPhenolsPlant ExtractsZygophyllaceaeAcetylcholinesteraseButyrylcholinesteraseChromatography, High Pressure LiquidComputer SimulationFlavonoidsHumansMolecular Docking SimulationTandem Mass SpectrometryAcetylcholinesteraseButyrylcholinesteraseCholinesterase InhibitorsFlavonoidsPhenolsPlant ExtractsAcetylcholinesterase inhibitorsButyrylcholinesterase inhibitorsDocking studyFagonia ArabicaFlavonoidsUPLC-qTOF-MS/MS

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