Cytotoxic polyhydroxylated steroids from the South China Sea soft coral Lobophytum sp.

Abstract

&NA; Four new polyhydroxylated steroids lobophysterols A–D (1–4), together with two known related compounds sarcophytosterol (5) and klyflaccisteroid B (6), were isolated from the South China Sea soft coral Lobophytum sp. Their structures were elucidated on the basis of spectroscopic analysis and by comparison with those reported in the literature. In bioassay, compound 4 showed weak cytotoxicities against HT‐29, SNU‐398, and Capan‐1 cells.