Structurally diverse terpenoids with neuroprotective activities from the resins of Populus euphratica

Five new terpenoids including one new abietane diterpenoid (1), one new aromadendrane diterpenoid (6), two new norsesquiterpenoids (8 and 9), and a new cembrane-derived diterpenoid (12), together with seven known compounds were isolated from Populus euphratica resins. The structures of these new compounds, including their absolute configurations, were characterized by spectroscopic and computational methods. All the compounds except 8 were test for their neuroprotective activities. The result revealed that compounds 1, 7, and 10-12 display neuroprotective activities in glutamate-induced SH-SY5Y cells in a concentration-dependent manner.