New steroid glycosides from the deep-water starfish Mediaster murrayi

J Nat Prod. 1999 Feb;62(2):279-82. doi: 10.1021/np980381i.

Abstract

Four new 24-O-biosides of 5alpha-cholestane-3beta,6alpha,8,15beta, 24-pentaol, designated as mediasterosides M1 (1), M2 (2), M3 (3), and M4 (4), and the previously known 5alpha-cholestane-3beta,6beta,8, 15alpha,16beta,26-hexaol (5) have been isolated from the deep-water starfish Mediaster murrayi. Glycosides 1-3 contain rare carbohydrate moieties with (1-->5) bonds between the monosaccharide units. Compounds 1 and 2 showed the inhibition of cell division of fertilized sea urchin eggs and exhibited moderate hemolytic activities.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Carbohydrate Sequence
  • Glycosides / chemistry
  • Glycosides / isolation & purification*
  • Glycosides / pharmacology
  • Hemolysis / drug effects
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Starfish / chemistry*
  • Steroids / chemistry*

Substances

  • Glycosides
  • Steroids