Vestnik of the Far East Branch of the Russian Academy of SciencesVestnik of the Far East Branch of the Russian Academy of SciencesВестник Дальневосточного отделения Российской академии наук0869-7698The Russian Academy of Sciences68886610.31857/S0869769825010049HIANKSChemical SciencesХимические наукиResearch ArticleStudy of starfish low molecular weight metabolites: structures, biological activities and biosynthesisИсследования низкомолекулярных метаболитов морских звезд: структуры, биологические активности и биосинтезhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6594-8471MalyarenkoTimofey V.МаляренкоТимофей Владимирович
Russian Federation

Candidate of Sciences in Chemistry, Senior Researcher

кандидат химических наук, старший научный сотрудник

malyarenko-tv@mail.ruhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1371-0103KichaAlla A.КичаАлла Анатольевна
Russian Federation

Doctor of Sciences in Chemistry, Leading Researcher

доктор химических наук, ведущий научный сотрудник

kicha@piboc.dvo.ruhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5809-6250ZakharenkoVictor M.ЗахаренкоВиктор Михайлович
Russian Federation

Junior Researcher

младший научный сотрудник

rarf247@gmail.comhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9075-8584IvanchinaNatalia V.ИванчинаНаталья Владимировна
Russian Federation

Candidate of Sciences in Chemistry, Head of the Laboratory

кандидат химических наук, заведующая лабораторией

ivanchina@piboc.dvo.ruElyakov Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of FEB RASТихоокеанский институт биоорганической химии им. Г.Б. Елякова ДВО РАН04072025140530808202508082025Copyright ©; 2025, Russian Academy of SciencesCopyright ©; 2025, Российская академия наук2025Russian Academy of SciencesРоссийская академия наукhttps://journals.eco-vector.com/0869-7698/article/view/688866

Polar steroid compounds, sphingolipids, and triterpene glycosides of some species of tropical and Far Eastern starfish were studied. Their chemical structures, biological activity, and hypothetical pathways of biosynthesis have been established. Many of the isolated compounds have a unique chemical structure and contain unusual structural fragments.

Исследованы полярные стероидные соединения, сфинголипиды и тритерпеновые гликозиды некоторых видов тропических и дальневосточных морских звезд. Установлены их химические структуры, изучена биологическая активность, а также предположены пути биосинтеза. Многие из выделенных соединений имеют уникальное химическое строение и содержат необычные структурные фрагменты.

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