V. Anjaneyulu et al., STEROLS AND DITERPENES FROM A SOFT CORAL OF LOBOPHYTUM SPECIES OF THEINDIAN-OCEAN, Indian journal of chemistry. Sect. B: organic chemistry, including medical chemistry, 33(9), 1994, pp. 901-903
(24S)-24-methylcholesta-5,22E-diene-3beta,25-diol (6) has been isolate
d for the first time from nature along with 4alpha-methylgorgostanol (
1), 4alpha-methyl-24-methylenecholestanol (2), two cembrenoid diterpen
oids (3,4) and four known polyhydroxysterols (5,8,9,10) from a soft co
ral of Lobophytum species. The structures have been determined from th
e spectral data (NMR and mass).