Abstract:
Five undescribed sesquiterpenoids (
1 –
5 ), and nine known sesquiterpenoids (
6 –
14 ) were obtained from the fruits of
Litsea lancilimba Merr. by LC-MS/MS molecular networking strategies. Litsemene A (
1 ) possessed a unique 8-member ring through unexpected cyclization of the methyl group on C-10 of guaiane. Their structures were elucidated by spectroscopic techniques including IR, UV, NMR, HR-ESI-MS, and their absolute configurations were assigned by ECD calculations. All isolated sesquiterpenoids were analyzed by bioinformatics and evaluated for their neuroprotective effects against H
2O
2-induced injury in human neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y cells.