A new 5α,8α-Epidioxysterol from the soft coral Sinularia gaweli

Molecules. 2013 Mar 4;18(3):2895-903. doi: 10.3390/molecules18032895.

Abstract

A new sterol, (22R,23R,24R)-5α,8α-epidioxy-22,23-methylene-24-methyl-cholest-6,9(11)-dien-3β-ol (1), and two known sterols, (22R,23R,24R)-5α,8α-epidioxy-22,23-methylene-24-methylcholest-6-en-3β-ol (2) and 24-methylenecholestane-1α,3β,5α, 6β,11α-pentol (3), were isolated from the soft coral Sinularia gaweli. The structure of sterol 1 was established by spectroscopic methods and by comparison of the spectral data with those of known analogues. The cytotoxicity of sterols 1-3 towards various tumor cells is reported.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anthozoa / chemistry*
  • Antineoplastic Agents / chemistry
  • Antineoplastic Agents / toxicity
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Cholesterol Esters / chemistry*
  • Cholesterol Esters / toxicity
  • HL-60 Cells
  • Humans
  • Inhibitory Concentration 50
  • K562 Cells
  • Molecular Structure
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Cholesterol Esters
  • epidioxysterol