Abstract
Eight unprecedented monoterpenoid indole alkaloid (MIA) adducts and dimers, melofusinines A–H (1–8), and three undescribed melodinus-type MIA monomers, melofusinines I–K (9–11), together with six putative biogenetic precursors were isolated from the twigs and leaves of Melodinus fusiformis Champ. ex Benth. Compounds 1 and 2 are unusual hybrid indole alkaloids incorporating an aspidospermatan-type MIA with a monoterpenoid alkaloid unit via C–C coupling. Compounds 3–8 feature the first MIA dimers constructed through an aspidospermatan-type monomer and a rearranged melodinus-type monomer with two different types of couplings. Their structures were elucidated by spectroscopic data, single crystal X-ray diffraction, and calculated electric circular dichroism spectra analysis. In addition, dimers 5 and 8 showed significant neuroprotection effects on MPP +-injured primary cortical neurons.
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