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ArticleFolia microbiologica2026

Identification of antigonorrhoeal phytochemical lead compounds using a metabolomics-guided approach.

Perfoy Lumu Lumu, Phanankosi Moyo, Alphonse Onana, Patrick Matthew McMillan, Madelien Wooding, Samkelo Malgas, Vinesh Jaichand Maharaj, Sekelwa Cosa

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Article in Folia microbiologica, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Perfoy Lumu LumuDepartment of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, University of Pretoria, Hatfield, 0028, Pretoria, South Africa.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0007-4234-9365
Phanankosi MoyoBiodiscovery Centre, Department of Chemistry, University of Pretoria, Hatfield, 0028, Pretoria, South Africa.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7692-3256
Alphonse OnanaDepartment of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, University of Pretoria, Hatfield, 0028, Pretoria, South Africa.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8947-1997
Patrick Matthew McMillanBiodiscovery Centre, Department of Chemistry, University of Pretoria, Hatfield, 0028, Pretoria, South Africa.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5452-9434
Madelien WoodingBiodiscovery Centre, Department of Chemistry, University of Pretoria, Hatfield, 0028, Pretoria, South Africa.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3869-7467
Samkelo MalgasDepartment of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, University of Pretoria, Hatfield, 0028, Pretoria, South Africa.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0729-5393
Vinesh Jaichand MaharajBiodiscovery Centre, Department of Chemistry, University of Pretoria, Hatfield, 0028, Pretoria, South Africa.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6512-304X
Sekelwa CosaDepartment of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, University of Pretoria, Hatfield, 0028, Pretoria, South Africa. sekelwa.cosa@up.ac.za.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3351-0424

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Abstract

Neisseria gonorrhoeae remains a high-priority pathogen according to the World Health Organisation Bacterial Priority Pathogens List. In South Africa, increasing antimicrobial resistance to tetracycline, ciprofloxacin, and penicillin is limiting available treatment options for N. gonorrhoeae infections. This challenge necessitates the exploration of alternative therapeutics, with natural products representing a promising source of novel scaffolds. This study employed a metabolomics-guided approach to tentatively identify antigonorrhoeal compounds from South African medicinal plants. Sixteen crude extracts prepared by ultrasonic extraction, and 112 solid-phase extraction (SPE) fractions, were screened against N. gonorrhoeae ATCC 49981 using broth microdilution. Leaves from Helichrysum odoratissimum (L.) Sweet and leaves and twigs from Terminalia phanerophlebia Engl. & Diels yielded the most active samples, with minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) as low as 6.25 µg/mL. SPE fractions from both plants were analysed by Ultra-Performance Liquid Chromatography-High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry (UPLC-HRMS). Data were processed using the Waters UNIFI

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AntibacterialGonorrhoeaHelichrysum odoratissimumMetabolomicsTerminalia phanerophlebia

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