Aromatic monoterpenoid glycosides from rattan stems of Schisandra chinensis and their neuroprotective activities.

Six new monoterpenoid glycosides, including thymoquinol 5-O-α-L-arabinopyranosyl-(1 → 6)-β-D-glucopyranoside (1), cuminic acid 7-O-α-D-arabinofuranosyl-(1 → 6)-β-d-glucopyranosyl ester (2), p-cymene 7-O-α-D-arabinofuranosyl-(1 → 6)-β-D-glucopyranoside (3), p-methylhyd- ratropic acid 9-O-α-D-arabinofuranosyl-(1 → 6)-β-d-glucopyranosyl ester (4), (R)-p-cymene 9-O-α- D-arabinofuranosyl-(1 → 6)-β-D-glucopyranoside (5), and (R)-p-cymene 9-O-β-D-apiofuranosyl-(1 → 6)-β-D-glucopyranoside (6), together with three known compounds, such as (R)-p-cymene 9-O-β-D-glucopyranoside (7), thymoquinol 5-O-β-D-glucopyranoside (8), and thymoquinol 2-O-β-D-glucopyranoside (9) were isolated from the 70%-EtOH extract of Schisandra chinensis rattan stems. The structures of the new compounds were elucidated by detailed spectroscopic analyses. Meanwhile, the neuroprotective activities of compounds 1-9 were evaluated on the two co-culture models of microglia and neurons cells and astrocytoma and neurons cells.