Structural identification of an anthrasteroid hydrocarbon from the sheep tick Ixodes ricinus

David Saman; Josef Cvacka; Ales Svatos; Edwin A P Bouman; Blanka Kalinová

doi:10.1021/np0680127

Structural identification of an anthrasteroid hydrocarbon from the sheep tick Ixodes ricinus

J Nat Prod. 2006 Aug;69(8):1203-5. doi: 10.1021/np0680127.

Authors

David Saman¹, Josef Cvacka, Ales Svatos, Edwin A P Bouman, Blanka Kalinová

Affiliation

¹ Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Femingovo nam. 2, CZ-166 10, Praha 6, Czech Republic.

PMID: 16933876
DOI: 10.1021/np0680127

Abstract

A new anthrasteroid hydrocarbon was isolated from cuticular integument of engorged female Ixodes ricinus, and its structure was determined by interpretation of spectroscopic and nuclear magnetic resonance data as 14alpha(H)-1(10-->6)-abeo-cholesta-3,5,7,9(10)-tetraene (1).

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Cholestenes / chemistry*
Cholestenes / isolation & purification*
Female
Ixodes / chemistry*
Molecular Structure
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
Sheep Diseases / parasitology*

Substances

14alpha(H)-1(10-6)-abeo-cholesta-3,5,7,9(10)-tetraene
Cholestenes