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A series of Nigerian endemic plants' methanolic extracts were explored using a Ferrozine binding iron chelation assay. This identified\n                    <jats:italic>Spondias purpurea<\/jats:italic>\n                    L. (SP) leaves as a potential therapeutic candidate and this was determined by evaluation of oxidative stress in 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA)-exposed monoamine cell culture and\n                    <jats:italic>Drosophila<\/jats:italic>\n                    models of PD and vanadium neurotoxicity. SP treatment protected CAD cells against 6-OHDA toxicity and improved survival in PINK-1 mutant flies, though it had little effect on motor deficits. Furthermore, SP treatment reduced the vanadium-induced reactive oxygen species, and notably, staggered SP treatment significantly extended lifespan in vanadium-treated flies. 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