A. Goswami et al., MARINE PRODUCTS FROM BAY-OF-BENGAL .3. STEROL COMPOSITION OF 4 MOLLUSKS AND A SEA PEN, Indian journal of marine sciences, 24(4), 1995, pp. 238-239
The steroidal composition of four molluscs Meretrix meretrix, Macoma b
irmanica (bivalves), Cerethidea cingulata, Nassarius stolatus (gastrop
ode) and a sea pen Cavernulina sp., has been ascertained by GC-MS. The
isolation of cholest-6-en-5 alpha, 8 alpha-epidioxy-3 beta-ol from M.
meretrix, reveals the first reported occurrence of this peroxide in a
bivalve.