Two new polyhydroxylated steroids, 3b-acetoxy-gorgost-5a,6b,11a-triol (3) and (23 R) methylergosta-20-ene-3b,5a,6b,17atetrol (4), together with three known gorgosteroid compounds, gorgost-3b, 5a,6b,11a- tetrol (1), 11a-acetoxy-gorgost- 3b,5a, 6btriol (2), and gorgost-5 (E) ene-3-b-ol (5), as well as batyl alcohol (6), were isolated from the Egyptian soft coral Heteroxenia fuscescens. The structures of these compounds were elucidated based on NMR spectroscopic analyses, HR-FAB-MS, and comparisons with published data. The cytotoxic activities of the fractions and compounds were evaluated against MCF-7 cancer cell lines using MTT colorimetric assay. Compounds 2 and 4 showed moderate cytotoxic activity, with IC50 values equal to 33.2 and 25.1 mM, respectively, in comparison with the IC50 of 5-fluorouracil 18.7 mM.
Research Department
Research Journal
Natural Product Research
Research Publisher
NULL
Research Rank
1
Research Vol
Published Online
Research Website
https://doi.org/10.1080/14786419.2019.1624958
Research Year
2019
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