Starfish saponins, Part 50. Steroidal glycosides from the Okinawan starfish Nardoa tuberculata

J Nat Prod. 1993 Jul;56(7):1057-64. doi: 10.1021/np50097a008.

Abstract

This paper describes a complete analysis of the glycoside and polyhydroxysteroid constituents of the starfish Nardoa tuberculata, collected at Zampa, Okinawa, Japan. Besides a group of known non-sulfated steroidal diglycosides, halitylosides A [5], B [6], D [7], E [8], and F [9], and two known polyhydroxysteroids 10 and 11, N. tuberculata also contains four new sulfated steroidal glycosides 1-4 closely related to the previous halitylosides. The antifungal activities and the effects on the development of fertilized sea urchin eggs of some steroid components from this starfish were examined.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antifungal Agents / pharmacology
  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
  • Cladosporium / drug effects
  • Female
  • Glycosides / isolation & purification*
  • Glycosides / pharmacology
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Ovum / chemistry
  • Saponins / isolation & purification*
  • Saponins / pharmacology
  • Sea Urchins
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Fast Atom Bombardment
  • Starfish / metabolism*
  • Steroids / isolation & purification*
  • Steroids / pharmacology

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents
  • Glycosides
  • Saponins
  • Steroids