Steroid phosphate esters and phosphonosteroids and their biological activities.
Steroid phosphate esters are very rare natural lipids that have been comparatively recently isolated from fractions of polar lipids of marine sponges and starfish. These steroids exhibit interesting biological activities. When using the PASS computer program, we showed that many of steroid phosphate esters showed antifungal, antihypercholesterolemic, anesthetic, and other activities with a confidence of 73 to 93%. In addition, some of them can be used as inhibitors of cholesterol synthesis and show hepatoprotection properties. Phosphonosteroids demonstrate antineoplastic and antihypercholesterolemic activities with a certainty of 85 to 90%. And also, they can be used as ovulation inhibitors or female steroid contraceptives with confidence from 86 to 98%.
['Dembitsky|Valery M|VM|', 'Gloriozova|Tatyana A|TA|', 'Savidov|Nick|N|']
D000818:Animals D000924:Anticholesteremic Agents D000935:Antifungal Agents D000970:Antineoplastic Agents D004952:Esters D063065:Organophosphonates D010710:Phosphates D011161:Porifera D013215:Starfish D013256:Steroids
Steroid phosphate esters Steroids Phosphonosteroids Lipids Marine sponges Starfish