Polyhydroxylated steroids and other constituents of the soft coral Nephthea chabroli

Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo). 2003 Aug;51(8):1009-11. doi: 10.1248/cpb.51.1009.

Abstract

Polyhydroxylated steroids and other metabolites were isolated from the soft coral Nephthea chabroli collected in South China Sea. The structures of two new compounds were determined to be 24-methylcholesta-9(11), 24(28)-diene-3beta,12alpha,19-triol and 4alpha-methyl-3beta,14beta-dihydroxy-5alpha-ergost-24(28)-en-23-one on the basis of spectroscopic analysis. Cytotoxic activities of the polyhydroxylated sterols were evaluated on prostate carcinoma LNCaP cell line.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anthozoa*
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Humans
  • Hydroxylation
  • Steroids / chemistry*
  • Steroids / isolation & purification*
  • Steroids / pharmacology

Substances

  • Steroids