Cytotoxic sterols from the soft coral Nephthea erecta.
Two new cytotoxic sterols, 24-methylcholesta-5,24(28)-diene-3beta, 15beta,19-triol (1) and 24-methylcholesta-5,24(28)-diene-3beta, 19-diol-7-one (2), as well as four cytotoxic sterols, 24-methylcholesta-5,24(28)-diene-3beta,19-diol (3), 24-methylcholesta-5,24(28)-diene-3beta,19-diol-7beta-mono aetate (4), 24-methylcholesta-5,24(28)-diene-3beta,7beta,19-triol (5), and 24-methylcholesta-24(28)-ene-3beta,5alpha,6beta,19-tet raol (6), have been isolated from the soft coral Nephthea erecta. The structures of compounds 1 and 2 were determined by spectral analysis.
Department of Marine Resources, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Republic of China. yihduh@nsysu.edu.tw
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D000818:Animals; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000494:pharmacology; D003063:Cnidaria / Q000737:chemistry*; D004354:Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor; D006801:Humans; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D013055:Spectrophotometry, Infrared; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet; D013261:Sterols / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000494:pharmacology; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D013261:Sterols