摘要:
The sterol composition of the Patagonian tunicate Polizoa opuntia was examined, and twenty-four compounds ,cere identified as having either a Delta(5), Delta(7), or Delta(0) nucleus. Two of them, the rare 20-methylpregn-5-en-3 beta-ol and 20-ethylpregn-5-en-3 beta-ol, were previously unreported as natural products from tunicates. These compounds were present only as trace components; therefore, their structures were confirmed by synthesis from suitnble precursors and by comparison of the spectral and chromatographic constants of the synthetic and natural compounds.