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TL;DR: A new decalin derivative, monascusic acid A, together with a new natural product, isolated from the ethanol extract of red yeast rice, were elucidated by spectroscopic methods.

TL;DR: Seventeen compounds were isolated from the 95% ethanolic extract of the root of Ficus hirta and their structures were identified on the basis of physicochemical properties and spectral data analysis.

TL;DR: Compound 3 exhibited a significant neuroprotective effect against oxygen-glucose deprivation (OGD)-induced damage of cultured cortical neurons, an in vitro model of ischemic stroke.

TL;DR: It is suggested that the dammarane-type triterpenoid saponins from P. notoginseng may be developed as potential functional foods to treat inflammation, angiogenesis or dengue-related diseases.

TL;DR: Six new quassinoid structures were isolated from the roots of Eurycoma longifolia, and their structures with absolute configurations were determined unambiguously by spectroscopic analyses and single-crystal X-ray crystallographic experiments to provide firm evidence for the better understanding the biogenetic process from C30 triterpenoid precursors to quassinoids.