title: Steroidal compounds from the Caribbean octocoral Eunicea laciniata.
abstract: A previously isolated trihydroxy-gorgosterol derivative (2), a new gorgosterol (3), and the known sterol cholestane-3beta,5alpha, 6beta-triol are reported from the Caribbean octocoral Eunicea laciniata collected off northeast Venezuela. Using high-resolution 2D NMR techniques, the total structural assignment and detailed stereochemistry of 2 is presented for the first time and the full structure of 3 advanced.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago.
authors.forename: H T
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: D'Armas
authors.forename: B S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Mootoo
authors.forename: W F
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: Reynolds
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002777:Cholestanols / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000494:pharmacology; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003063:Cnidaria / Q000737:chemistry*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D013057:Spectrum Analysis
chemical_list: D002777:Cholestanols; C000474:cholestane-3,5,6-triol; C021689:gorgosterol; D002784:Cholesterol