Affiliation:
1. Pharmaceutical Education Center, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University, 4-4-1 Komatsushima, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 981-8558, Japan
Abstract
Careful reexamination of the published 1H- and 13C-NMR spectral data of 5β,6β-epoxy-(22 E)-ergosta-8,22-diene-3β,7β-diol (1), isolated from the gorgonian Pinnigorgia sp., indicates that, in reality, the compound is 5α,6α-epoxy-(22 E)-ergosta-8,22-diene-3β,7α-diol (2).
Subject
Complementary and alternative medicine,Plant Science,Drug Discovery,Pharmacology,General Medicine