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Therefore, aside from antibiotics, therapeutic adjuvants targeting neuroinflammation are essential to combat the long-term neuronal sequelae of bacterial meningitis. In the present study, we propose (\u2212)-dendroparishiol as a potential add-on therapy to improve neuroinflammation associated with bacterial meningitis. The biological activity of (\u2212)-dendroparishiol was first predicted by computational analysis and further confirmed in vitro using a cell-based assay with LPS-induced BV-2 microglial cells. Biological pathways involved with (\u2212)-dendroparishiol were identified by applying network pharmacology. Computational predictions of biological activity indicated possible attenuation of several inflammatory processes by (\u2212)-dendroparishiol. In LPS-induced BV-2 microglial cells, (\u2212)-dendroparishiol significantly reduced the expression of inflammatory mediators: iNOS, NO, COX-2, IL-6, and TNF-\u03b1. Molecular docking results demonstrated the potential iNOS and COX-2 inhibitory activity of (\u2212)-dendroparishiol. Network pharmacological analysis indicated the plausible role of (\u2212)-dendroparishiol in biological processes involved in oxidative stress and neuroinflammation with enrichment in neuroinflammatory pathways. 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