Meroterpenoids and alkaloids from Ganoderma australe

Two new mertoterpenoids, australins A (1) and B (2), and a new alkaloid, australine (4), together with five known compounds (3, 5–8) were isolated from the fruiting bodies of Ganoderma australe. Their structures including absolute configurations were assigned by using spectroscopic methods and electronic circular dichroism (ECD) calculations. Racemic australin A was further purified by chiral HPLC. Biological assessments reveal that compounds (+)-1 and 7 could significantly protect SH-SY5Y cells from glutamate-induced neural excitotoxicity.