Oligoglycosides from starfishes

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Itakura, Y., T. Komori, and T. Kawasaki Biologically Active Gylcosides from Asteroidea, IV. Steroid Oligoglycosides from the Starfish Astropecten latespinosus Meissner. Liebigs Ann. Chem. 1983, 56. 

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Riccio, R., Squillace Greco, O., Minale, L., La Barre, S., and Laurent, D. (1988c) Starfish saponins. Part 36. Steroidal oligoglycosides from the Pacific starfish Thromidia catalai. J. Nat. Prod., 51, 1003-1005. 

Roccatagliata, A.J., Maier, M.S., Seldes, A.M., lorizzi, M., and Minale, L. (1994) Starfish saponins. Part 2. Steroidal oligoglycosides from the starfish Cosmasterias lurida.J. Nat. Prod., 57, 747-754. 

Sandvoss, M., Pham, L.H., Levsen, K., Preiss, A., Mtigge, C., and Wiinsch, G. (2000) Isolation and structural elucidation of steroid oligoglycosides from the starfish Asterias rubens by means of direct online LC-NMR-MS hyphenation and one- and two-dimensional NMR investigations. Eur. J. Org. Chem., 1253-1262. 

Iorizzi, M., Minale, L., and Riccio, R., Starfish saponins. part 39. Steroidal oligoglycoside sulphates and polyhydroxysteroids from the starfish Asterina pectinifera, Gazz Chim. Ital., 120, 147, 1990. 

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