Summary: | Purification of the ethanolic extract of the Antarctic starfish L. annulatus has led to the isolation of two sulfated pentaglycosides (1, 2) and to the polyhydroxylated steroid (25S)-5α-cholestane-3β,6β,15α,16β,26-pentaol (3). Saponin 1 contains a novel pentasaccharide chain attached to C-6 of the steroidal aglycone. Identification of the compounds relied on interpretation of spectral data (1H-NMR, 13C-NMR, FABMS) and on acid and enzymatic hydrolysis. Fil:Maier, M.S. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. Fil:Seldes, A.M. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina.
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