A new 4alpha-methylated sterol from a Nephthea sp. (Nephtheidae) Bornean soft coral

Molecules. 2009 Sep 2;14(9):3360-6. doi: 10.3390/molecules14093360.

Abstract

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.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anthozoa / chemistry*
  • Borneo
  • Methylation
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
  • Sterols / chemistry
  • Sterols / isolation & purification*

Substances

  • Sterols