title: Free sterols from the holothurians Synapta maculata, Cladolabes bifurcatus and Cucumaria sp.
abstract: Free sterol fractions from the holothurians (sea cucumbers) Synapta maculata, Cladolabes bifurcatus and Cucumaria sp. have been isolated and studied by HPLC, GLC, GLC-MS and NMR methods. Forty seven sterols were identified, including several rare ones. In contrast with previously studied holothurians, the presence of a minor amount of Delta7 sterols was indicated in the sterols of S. maculata. This animal contains predominantly Delta(9(11))sterols as well as an abnormally high concentration of Delta5 sterols. In C. bifurcatus and Cucumaria sp., 14alpha-methyl and 4alpha,14alpha-dimethyl-Delta(9(11))sterols were found to be the main sterol constituents. Peculiarities of sterol distribution and the relationship between sterol compositions and taxonomic positions, ecology and toxicity of the corresponding sea cucumbers were discussed.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of the Chemistry of Marine Natural Products, Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Far-Eastern Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences, -690022, Vladivostok, Russia.
authors.forename: L P
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Ponomarenko
authors.forename: A I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Kalinovsky
authors.forename: O P
authors.initials: OP
authors.lastname: Moiseenko
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Stonik
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008956:Models, Chemical; D012616:Sea Cucumbers; D013045:Species Specificity; D013261:Sterols / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D013261:Sterols