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Two new 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl (HMG) flavanone 7-O-diglycosides, cigranosides A and B (1 and 2), the known naringenin 7-(2''-α-rhamnosyl-6''-(3''''-hydroxy-3''''-methylglutaryl)-glucoside (melitidin, 3), their common biosynthetic precursor flavanone 7-O-diglycoside (naringin, 4), and one known flavone 7-O-diglycoside (rhoifolin, 5) were isolated from the pericarp of Citrus grandis (L.) Osbeck. The structures of these compounds were elucidated by spectroscopic and chemical techniques. The relative ratios and absolute configurations of the C-2 diastereomers of compounds 1, 2 and 4 were determined by online normal-phase HPLC-CD using a Chiralcel column. The absolute configuration of the HMG fragment in compounds 1-3 was assigned to be S through spectroscopic analysis of the mevalonamide obtained by amidation and reduction of the HMG moiety. The NO inhibitory activities of compounds 1-5 were evaluated using lipopolysaccharide-induced RAW264.7 cells. Compounds 1-5 were not cytotoxic to RAW264.7 cells at 10 μM.