Abstract
Six undescribed naturally occurring abietane-O-abietane dimers (squamabietenols A–F) together with one 3,4-seco-totarane-type, a pimarane-type, and 17 related known mono-/dimeric diterpenoids were isolated and characterized from the needles and twigs of the ornamental conifer Juniperus squamata. The undescribed structures and their absolute configurations were established by extensive spectroscopic methods, GIAO NMR calculations with DP4+ probability analyses, and ECD calculations. Squamabietenols A and B showed significant inhibitory effects against ATP-citrate lyase (ACL, a novel drug target for hyperlipidemia and other metabolic disorders), with IC50 values of 8.82 and 4.49 μM, respectively. A molecular docking study corroborated the findings by highlighting the interactions between the bioactive compounds and the ACL enzyme (binding affinities: −7.1 to −9.0 kcal/mol). The unique abietane-O-abietane dimeric diterpenoids are quite rare in the vegetable kingdom, and they are of chemotaxonomic significance for the Cupressaceae family.
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