“…As an example, the sterol composition of asteroid, Acanthaster planci is shown in Table 3 74 . Up to date, some new sterols have been isolated from echinoderms: for example, acanthasterol[(22R,23R,24R)‐22,23‐methylene‐23,24‐dimethyl‐5α‐cholest‐7‐en‐3β‐ol] (6), 75 23‐demethyl acanthasterol (7), 74 gorgostanol[(22R,23R,24R)‐22,23‐methylene‐23,24‐dimethyl‐5α‐cholestan‐3β‐ol] (8), 59 24‐methylcholesta‐7,22,25‐trien‐3β‐ol (9), 76 and amuresterol[22‐ trans ‐27‐nor‐(24S)‐24‐methylcholesta‐7,22‐dien‐3β‐ol] (10) 77 . Recently, sterols from the sea cucumbers, Pseudostichopus trachus , Holothuria nobilis , Holothuria scabra , Trochostoma orientale , and Bathyplotes natans have been isolated and studied.…”