Abstract:
Five new polycyclic polyprenylated acylphloroglucinols (
1 −
5 ), ascyrones A−E, and four known compounds (
6 −
9 ) were isolated from the aerial parts of
Hypericum ascyron. All of the isolates containing a bicyclo3.3.1nonane-2,4,9-trione core and a benzoyl group, belonged to type B bicyclic polyprenylated acylphloroglucinols (BPAPs). Their structures and absolute configurations were established based on spectroscopic analyses and calculated electronic circular dichroism (ECD) data. The anti-inflammatory, neuroprotective and cytotoxicity activities of compounds
1 −
4 and
6 −
9 were evaluated. Compound
6 exhibited obvious anti-inflammatory activity in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced RAW264.7 cells. Compounds
1 and
9 exhibited slight cytotoxicity against Hep3B cells. Meanwhile, compound
1 showed mild neuroprotective activity against corticosterone (CORT)-induced PC12 cell damage at10
μmol·L
−1.