Aiello A, Fattorusso E, Magno S, Menna M
Dipartimento di Chimica delle Sostanze Naturali, Napoli, Italy.
Steroids. 1991 Jun;56(6):337-40. doi: 10.1016/0039-128x(91)90057-3.
Five novel sterols isolated from the marine sponge Oscarella lobularis have been identified on the basis of spectral arguments: cholest-7-ene-3beta,5alpha-diol-6-one (1), cholesta-7,22E-diene-3beta, 5alpha-diol-6-one (2), 24-methylcholesta-7,22E-diene-3beta,5alpha-diol-6-one (3), 24-methylcholesta-7,24(28)-diene-3beta,5alpha-diol-6-one (4), and 24-ethylcholest-7-ene-3beta,5alpha-diol-6-one (5).