Isolation, Structural Elucidation, and Neuroprotective Effects of Iridoids from Valeriana jatamansi.

The article informs about the analysis and isolation of two new iridoids, jatadoids A and B and two known compounds from Valeriana jatamansi. It mentions that the structures of the compound were elucidated on the basis of extensive spectroscopic analyses including electrospray ionization mass spectrometry and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). It reports that the compounds showed moderate neuroprotective effects against neuronal cell death in human dopaminergic neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y cells.