Abstract
Many marine organisms possess an essential capacity to produce secondary metabolites that exhibit toxic characteristics. A new polyhydroxy steroid, 24-methyl-5α-cholestane-24(28)-ene-3β, 4β, 6α, 7α, 8, 15β, 16β, 26-octol-6-O-sodium sulphate (1) was isolated from starfish (Asterina pectinifera), along with five polar steroid compounds (2–6) that were previously identified. NMR (1H and 13C NMR, 1H-1H COSY, HSQC, HMBC, and NOESY) and HR-ESI-MS were employed for structure elucidations. The embryotoxicity and teratogenicity of the isolated compounds were assessed using embryos of marine medaka (Oryzias melastigma). Compound 5 exhibited moderate embryotoxicity (96h-LC50: 65 μM).
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