OPHIUROID-TYPE STEROIDS IN STARFISH OF THE GENUS PTERASTER

Authors
LEVINA EV ANDRIYASCHENKO PV STONIK VA KALINOVSKY AI
Citation
Ev. Levina et al., OPHIUROID-TYPE STEROIDS IN STARFISH OF THE GENUS PTERASTER, Comparative biochemistry and physiology. B. Comparative biochemistry, 114(1), 1996, pp. 49-52
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Biology
Journal title
Comparative biochemistry and physiology. B. Comparative biochemistry → ACNP
ISSN journal
03050491
Volume
114
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
49 - 52
Database
ISI
SICI code
0305-0491(1996)114:1<49:OSISOT>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
Composition of steroid sulfates from starfish Pteraster tessellatus an d Pteraster spl is reported. 2,21-Disulfate of cholest-5-ene-2 beta,3 alpha,21 triol 1) and 3,21-disulfates of cholest-5-ene-2 beta,3 alpha, 21-triol 2) and cholest-5-ene-3 alpha,4 beta,21-triol 3) were found in both species. These steroids are characteristic secondary metabolites of ophiuroids and have not been isolated previously from Asteroidea ( starfish) or other taxa. Phylogenetic relationships between classes As teroidea and Ophiuroids are discussed.