A new 5α,8α-epidioxy sterol from the Okinawan marine sponge of the Axinyssa genus

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0039-128X(93)90080-7

A new sterol (axinysterol) was isolated from the Okinawan marine sponge of the genus Axinyssa.The structure of axinysterol was assigned as 5α,8α-epidioxyergosta-6,22,25-trien-3β-ol based on spectroscopic analysis and chemical transformation. (Steroids 58: 410-413, 1993). Keywords: 5α,8α-epidioxyergosta-6,22,25-trien-3β-ol; axinysterol; marine sponge; Axinyssa genus; sterol; structure