title: Isolation and structure of a galactocerebroside molecular species from the starfish Culcita novaeguineae.
abstract: A galactocerebroside molecular species, CNC-2, has been isolated from the less polar lipid fraction of a chloroform/methanol extract of the starfish Culcita novaeguineae. The structure of this galactocerebroside molecular species was determined on the basis of chemical and spectroscopic evidence. CNC-2 is a phytosphingosine-type galactocerebroside molecular species with nonhydroxylated and hydroxylated fatty acyl moieties. The isolation of a galactocerebroside from echinoderms is rare.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: Masanori
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Inagaki
authors.forename: Tomohide
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakata
authors.forename: Ryuichi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Higuchi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005690:Galactose / Q000737:chemistry; D005699:Galactosylceramides / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D016339:Spectrometry, Mass, Fast Atom Bombardment; D013055:Spectrophotometry, Infrared; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared; D013215:Starfish / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: C509489:CNC-2 galactocerebroside; D005699:Galactosylceramides; D005690:Galactose