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Following our previous identification of euroabienol (1) from this plant material, a phytochemical reinvestigation of the dichloromethane fruit extract was undertaken to characterize related minor constituents. Three new aromatic abietane diterpenoids, 4-epileonubiastrin (2), 3\u03b1-acetoxyeuroabienol (3), and 11-deoxyeuroabienol (4), were isolated together with euroabienol (1). Their structures and relative configurations were established by MS, HRMS, IR, and extensive 1D and 2D NMR analyses. Manual iterative full spin analysis of selected 1H NMR spin systems enabled refined determination of chemical shifts and coupling constants and provided additional support for conformational and configurational assignments, particularly in structurally congested parts of the molecules. To obtain a preliminary indication of biological relevance, compounds 1\u20134 and the semisynthetic O-methylated euroabienol derivative 5 were evaluated for acetylcholinesterase and urease inhibition. 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