molecules Article Trichilianones A-D, Novel Cyclopropane-Type Limonoids from Trichilia adolfi Ivan Limachi 1,2 , Mariela Gonzalez-Ramirez 1, Sophie Manner 1 , Juan C. Ticona 2, Efrain Salamanca 2, Alberto Gimenez 2 and Olov Sterner 1,* 1 Department of Chemistry, Centre for Analysis and Synthesis, Lund University, 22100 Lund, Sweden;
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[email protected]; Tel.: +46-70-5306649 Abstract: The fractionation of an ethanol extract of the bark of Trichilia adolfi yielded four novel limonoids (trichilinones A-D, 1–4), with five fused rings and related to the hortiolide-type limonoids. Starting with an "-lactone, which is α,β-unsaturated in trichilinones A and D (1 and 4), attached to a tetrahydrofuran ring that is connected to an unusual bicyclo [5.1.0] hexane system, joined with a cyclopentanone with a 3-furanyl substituent [(2-oxo)-furan-(5H)-3-yl in trichilinone D (4)], the four compounds isolated display a new 7/5/3/5/5 limonoid ring system. Their structures were established based on extensive analysis of NMR spectroscopic data. As the crude extract possessed anti-leishmanial properties, the compounds were assayed for cytotoxic and anti-parasitic activities in vitro in murine macrophages cells (Raw 264.7) and leishmania promastigotes (L. amazoniensis Citation: Limachi, I.; and L.