title: An acetoxygenated analogue of ergosterol from a soft coral of the genus Lobophytum.
abstract: Chemical investigation of a soft coral of the genus Lobophytum of the Andaman and Nicobar coasts resulted in the isolation of a new marine sterol acetate, (24S)-ergostane-3beta,5alpha,6beta,25-tetraol-3,6,25-triacetate (1) and of two known sterol glycosides 3beta,4alpha-dihydroxypregn-20-ene-4-O-beta-D-arabinopyranoside and 24-methylenecholest-5-ene-3beta,7beta, 16beta-triol-3-O-alpha-L-fucopyranoside-7beta-acetate. The structures of the compounds were elucidated based on spectral studies and chemical conversions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam-530 003, India. radhika_parvataneni_in@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Parvataneni
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Radhika
authors.forename: Ratnakar N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Asolkar
authors.forename: Hartmut
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Laatsch
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D037421:Anthozoa; D004875:Ergosterol / Q000737:chemistry*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008517:Phytotherapy; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D010936:Plant Extracts; D004875:Ergosterol