A polyhydroxylated sterol and a saponin isolated from the starfish culcita novaeguineae
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https://doi.org/10.15625/0866-7144.2015-2e-006Keywords:
Culcita novaeguineae, Oreasteridae, starfish, polyhydroxylated sterol, asterosaponinAbstract
Using various chromatographic methods, a polyhydroxylated sterol 5α-cholestane-3β,6β,7α,8β,15α,16β,26-heptol (1) and an asterosaponin sodium salt of 6α-[(O-β-D-fucopyranosyl-(l®2)-O-β-D-galactopyranosyl-(l®4)-O-[β-D-quinovopyranosyl-(l®2)]-O-β-D-xylopyranosyl-(l®3)-O-β-D-quinovopyranosyl)oxy]-5α-pregn-9(11)-ene-20-one (2), were isolated from the methanol extract of the starfish Culcita novaeguineae. Their structures were elucidated by 1D and 2D-NMR experiments and comparison of their NMR data with reported values. Compounds 1 was isolated from C. novaeguineae for the first time.