Two polyhydroxylated steroids have been isolated from the South China
Sea soft coral Litophyton arboreum, and their structures were establis
hed as 24-methylcholesta-5,24(28)-diene-3 beta,7 beta,19-triol and (24
E)-24-ethyl-5 alpha-cholesta-8,24(28)-diene-3 beta,12 beta,19-triol fr
om spectral evidence.