Chemical constituents of Ajuga forrestii and their anti-ferroptosis activity
Huiwen Shi , Xiufen Jiang , Liudan Cao , Xing Peng , Qingyun Tan , Xifeng Teng , Qiong Gu , Lin He
Abstract
Six new neoclerodane diterpenoids (1–6), along with ten known compounds (7–16), were isolated from Ajuga forrestii. Their structures were elucidated by HRESIMS, 1D and 2D NMR, ECD calculation, and single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. The structure of a known neoclerodane diterpene ajudecunoid C (6) was revised based on the reported NMR empirical rules. All the isolates were evaluated for their inhibitory effect on RSL3-induced ferroptosis in HT22 mouse hippocampal neuronal cells. Among them, compounds 8, 9, and 12 significantly inhibited RSL3-induced ferroptosis with EC50 values of 0.45?μM, 0.076?μM, and 0.14?μM.




