Using tigogenin as starting material,(20S)-20-hydroxycholestane-3, 6-dione (1),(16S, 20S)- 16, 20-dihydroxycholestan-3-one (2),(20S)-20-hydroxycholest-1-ene-3, 16-dione (3) and (20S)-20-hydroxycholest-4-ene-3, 16-dione (4), natural polyoxygenated steroids from the gorgonian, Leptogorgia sarmentosa, were synthesized in four steps. Antitumor activity against three tumor cell lines (breast cancer, MCF7, lung cancer NCI and oral cancer KB) ...