Journal of Tropical Oceanography ›› 2011, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (1): 127-130.doi: 10.11978/j.issn.1009-5470.2011.01.127cstr: 32234.14.j.issn.1009-5470.2011.01.127

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Pregnane steroids from a gorgonian Menella sp. in South China Sea

CHAI Xing-yun, HU Jing, HUANG Hui, LEI Hui, CHEN Xian-qiang, LI Yun-qiu, SUN Jian-fan, DONG Guang, LIU Yong-hong, LIU Xue-dong   

  1. Key laboratory of Marine Bio-resources Sustainable Utilization, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, CAS,
    Guangzhou 510301, China
  • Received:2009-12-31 Revised:2010-04-11 Online:2011-03-17 Published:2011-03-16
  • Contact: 刘学东。E-mail: xxxdddlll@yahoo.com.cn
  • About author:柴兴云(1980—), 男, 江西省南昌市人, 博士, 从事植物及海洋天然产物研究。
  • Supported by:

    国家自然科学基金(40706046, 30973679)

Abstract:

Seven pregnane steroids were isolated from the petroleum ether extracts of a South China Sea gorgonian Menella sp. collected in the Sanya Bay. By means of spectroscopic analysis and comparison with literatures, their structures were identi-fied as 3α-hydroxy-5β-pregnan-20-one (1), 3β-hydroxy-5α-pregnan-20-one (2), 3β-hydroxy-pregnan-5-en-20-one (3), 5β-pregnan-3, 20-dione (4), 5α-pregnan-3, 20-dione (5), pregnan-4-en-3, 20-dione (6), and pregnan-1, 4-dien-3, 20-dione (7), respectively. All compounds except compound 2 were isolated from this genus for the first time, and the NMR data of com-pound 7 was reported for the first time.

Key words: Menella sp., pregnane steroids, chemical constituents, structure identification