title: A new steroidal glycoside from a Caribbean gorgonian, Eunicea sp.1.
abstract: A new saponin possessing a pregnene-derived aglycon (1) has been isolated from the Caribbean gorgonian octocoral Eunicea sp. The structure of the new compound was assigned on the basis of chemical and spectral studies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras 00931-3346, USA.
authors.forename: O M
authors.initials: OM
authors.lastname: Cóbar
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Rodríguez
authors.forename: O L
authors.initials: OL
authors.lastname: Padilla
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D003063:Cnidaria / Q000737:chemistry*; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D006027:Glycosides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006868:Hydrolysis; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet; D013256:Steroids / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D006027:Glycosides; D013256:Steroids