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5α,8α‐Epidioxycholest‐6‐en‐3‐β‐ol from three cone snails of the Indian ocean
Author(s) -
Aknin M.,
Viracaoundin I.,
Faure R.,
Gaydou E. M.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
journal of the american oil chemists' society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.512
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1558-9331
pISSN - 0003-021X
DOI - 10.1007/s11746-998-0111-y
Subject(s) - snail , cone (formal languages) , chemistry , biology , zoology , ecology , mathematics , algorithm
Three cone snail species ( Conus ebraeus, C. leopardus, C. tessulatus , family Conidae) have been investigated for their sterolic fraction. Besides cholesterol, 5α,8α‐epidioxycholest‐6‐en‐3‐β‐ol has been isolated from each species and the structure determined using two‐dimensional nuclear magnetic resonance. The occurrence of 5α,8α‐epidioxycholest‐6‐en‐3‐β‐ol in high amounts in the crude extract (0.5%), constitutes an interesting source of this compound.