Scientists analyzed the chemical makeup of candytuft plants (genus Iberis) growing in Türkiye and found that their chemistry largely matches what DNA and physical traits already told botanists about how these species are related, while also revealing new bioactive compounds worth exploring.
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149 LC-MS metabolite features were putatively annotated across Iberis taxa collected in Türkiye, including four endemic species
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Primary (core) metabolites were highly conserved across species, while secondary metabolites showed significant interspecific variation and drove taxonomic clustering
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Multivariate metabolite clustering matched existing molecular phylogenetic and morphological groupings, including distinct clusters for I. sempervirens, I. saxatilis, I. odorata, and the I. simplex complex, with riboflavin and tryptophan metabolism pathways enriched
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