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Over 462 plant extracts were screened against\n                    <jats:italic>Staphylococcus aureus<\/jats:italic>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>Escherichia coli<\/jats:italic>\n                    and\n                    <jats:italic>Aspergillus brasiliensis<\/jats:italic>\n                    . Active extracts were fractionated and metabolomically profiled using LC-MS and NMR to identify chemical drivers and their phylogenetic distribution. About 37% of extracts, including preliminary and serial extracts, inhibited\n                    <jats:italic>S. aureus<\/jats:italic>\n                    and 4% inhibited\n                    <jats:italic>E. coli<\/jats:italic>\n                    (MIC \u2264 1000 \u00b5g\/mL). Hexane and EtOAc extracts showed the highest activity against\n                    <jats:italic>S. aureus<\/jats:italic>\n                    while 60%MeOH extracts showed limited activity against\n                    <jats:italic>E. coli<\/jats:italic>\n                    . The lowest MIC values were &amp;lt;1.95 and 125 \u00b5g\/mL, respectively, and no antifungal activity was detected. Active extracts mainly contained phenols or diterpenes with characteristic pharmacophores. Phylogenetic comparison revealed antimicrobial hotspots, highlighting plants as promising sources of anti-\n                    <jats:italic>S. aureus<\/jats:italic>\n                    compounds but limited leads against\n                    <jats:italic>E. coli<\/jats:italic>\n                    or\n                    <jats:italic>A. brasiliensis<\/jats:italic>\n                    .\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3389\/fpls.2026.1936509","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,3]],"date-time":"2026-09-03T07:11:54Z","timestamp":1788419514000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Mapping antimicrobials in plant lineages"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"17","author":[{"given":"Gabin Thierry M.","family":"Bitchagno","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Royal Botanic Gardens","place":["London, United Kingdom"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Paula","family":"Coates","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"The Procter & Gamble Company","place":["Reading, United Kingdom"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Erin","family":"Garcia","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Mason Business Center, The Procter & Gamble Company","place":["Mason, OH, United States"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sohini","family":"Bhatia","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Mason Business Center, The Procter & Gamble Company","place":["Mason, OH, United States"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Amorita","family":"Correia","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Royal Botanic Gardens","place":["London, United Kingdom"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Debbie","family":"Mulligan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Mason Business Center, The Procter & Gamble Company","place":["Mason, OH, United States"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Scott","family":"Bintrim","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Mason Business Center, The Procter & Gamble Company","place":["Mason, OH, United States"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Monique S.J.","family":"Simmonds","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Royal Botanic Gardens","place":["London, United Kingdom"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,3]]},"reference":[{"key":"B1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1133","DOI":"10.1007\/s10068-023-01295-0","article-title":"Alkaloids in food: a review of toxicity, analytical methods, occurrence and risk assessments","volume":"32","author":"Akinboye","year":"2023","journal-title":"Food Sci. 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