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Extraction with organic solvents (dichloromethane and methanol) and chromatographic separations of the obtained extracts by silica column followed by semi-preparative HPLC led to the isolation of polyphenols and terpenoids such as 21\u03b1-metoxy-serrat-14-en-3-one, 21\u03b1-hydroxy-serrat-14-en-3-one, pinoresinol, dehydroabietic acid, 15-hydroxy-dehydroabietic acid, 7-oxo-dehydroabietic acid, pimaric acid, 9\u03b2-pimara-7,15-dien-19-ol, 13-epi-manoyl oxide, taxifolin-3\u2032-O-glucopyranoside, trans-astringin, and piceasides. Piceaside V and 9\u03b2-pimara-7-keto-19\u03b2-olide, two novel compounds identified for the first time in P. abies bark, were isolated, and their structures were elucidated using 1D and 2D NMR and MS techniques. The polyphenolic composition of the methanolic portion was also investigated using LC-MSn, and the piceaside content was estimated. To assess the antioxidant activity of main constituents, semi-preparative HPLC was performed on the methanolic extract, and the obtained fractions were assayed by using the DPPH test. 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