A new 4alpha-methylated sterol from a Nephthea sp. (Nephtheidae) Bornean soft coral.
A new 4alpha-methyl sterol, 4alpha-methyl-ergosta-6,8(14),22E-triene-3beta-ol (1), was isolated along with cholesterol from a Nephthea sp. Bornean soft coral The structure of compound 1 was elucidated on the basis of spectroscopic analysis and comparison of the data with those of the related compounds.
Laboratory of Natural Products Chemistry, Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, 88999 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. ishii_t@ums.edu.my
Takahiro
T
Ishii
Hiroshi
H
Matsuura
Zhan
Z
Zhaoqi
Charles Santhanaraju
CS
Vairappan
D000818:Animals; D037421:Anthozoa / Q000737:chemistry*; D001893:Borneo; D008745:Methylation; D019906:Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular; D013261:Sterols / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*
D013261:Sterols