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Seven new azacyclo-indoles and phenolics and four known alkaloids were isolated from the flowers of Juglans regia. Spectroscopic and chromatographic data revealed that the structures of the new compounds are 5,6,11,12-tetrahydropyrrolo[1′,2′:1,2]azepino[4,5-b]indole-3-carbaldehyde (1), (±)-5,6,7,11c-tetrahydro-1H-indolizino[7,8-b]indol-3(2H)-one (2), (±)-9-hydroxy-5-oxo-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1H-benzo[b]azepine-2-carboxamide (3), 5-(ethoxymethyl)-1-(4-hydroxyphenethyl)-1H-pyrrole-2-carbaldehyde (4), (±)-5,8-dihydroxy-4-(1H-indol-3-yl)-3,4-dihydronaphthalen-1(2H)-one (5), (±)-4-(6-amino-9H-purin-9-yl)-5,8-dihydroxy-3,4-dihydronaphthalen-1(2H)-one (6), and (±)-4-(6-amino-9H-purin-9-yl)-5-hydroxy-3,4-dihydronaphthalen-1(2H)-one (7). The five pairs of enantiomers were resolved, and the absolute configurations of the enantiomers were assigned via electronic circular dichroism data. Compound 1exhibited significant in vitro growth inhibition against the HCT-116, HepG2, BGC-823, NCI-H1650, and A2780 cancer cell lines, with IC50values of 2.87, 1.87, 2.28, 2.86, and 0.96 μM, respectively, and low cytotoxicity toward normal IEC-6 cells, with a 79.6% survival rate at a 10 μM concentration.

Eight new cembranoids, boscartins A–H (1, 2, and 4–9), and the known incensole oxide were isolated from the gum resin of Boswellia carterii. The absolute configurations of 1, 2, 4, and incensole oxide were unequivocally resolved using single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis with Cu Kα radiation, and the absolute configuration of 5was resolved via electronic circular dichroism data. The antiulcerative colitis activities of the compounds were evaluated in an in vitrox-box-binding protein 1 (XBP 1) transcriptional activity assay using dual luciferase reporter detection. At 10 μM, compounds 1, 5, 6, and 7significantly activated XBP 1 transcription with EC50values of 0.34, 1.14, 0.88, and 0.42 μM, respectively, compared with the pGL3-basic vector control.