Abstract: | Two new compounds were isolated from two Far-Eastern starfish species, Henricia sanguinolenta and H. leviuscula leviuscula, collected in the Sea of Okhotsk, viz., the glycoside sanguinoside C, (20R,22E,24R,25S)-3-O-(2,3,4-tri-O-methyl- -xylopyranosyl)-24-methyl-5 -cholest-22-ene-3 ,4 ,6 ,8 ,15 ,26-hexol, and a steroidal ketone, (20R,24S)-3 ,6 ,24-trihydroxy-5 -cholestan-15-one. They exhibit moderate cytostatic activity with respect to the eggs of sea urchin Strongylocentrotus intermedius. |